3-O-methyl-L-DOPA is a metabolite of L-DOPA , produced by the activity of catechol O-methyltransferase. 3-O-methyl-L-DOPA may have effects of its own or it may compete with the actions of L-DOPA.
L-(-)-α-Methyldopa hydrochloride is an alpha-adrenergic agonist psychoactive drug. It is used as a sympatholytic or antihypertensive. Methyldopa has a dual mechanism of action. It is a competitive inhibitor of the enzyme DOPA decarboxylase, which converts
Methyldopate is an ethyl ester prodrug form of methyldopa , a dopamine decarboxylase inhibitor that has antihypertensive activity in vitro and in vivo., Formulations containing methyldopate have been used in the treatment of hypertension.