A kinetic analysis of 6-[18F]fluoro-L-dihydroxyphenylalanine metabolism in the rat.

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Dihydroxyphenylalanine 100%
• Levodopa 85%
• 6-fluorodopamine 59%
• Kinetics 55%
• 6-fluorohomovanillic acid 38%
• fluorodopa F 18 25%
• Carbidopa 23%
• Decarboxylation 21%
• 3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid 20%
• Monoamine Oxidase 18%
• Intravenous Injections 14%
• Acids 11%

Chemical Compounds

• Pharmacological Metabolism 59%
• Rate Constant 50%
• Clearance 23%
• Carbidopa 18%
• Metabolite 15%
• Transfer Coefficient 13%
• Monoamine 12%
• Volume 12%
• Acid 11%
• Decarboxylation 11%
• Metabolic 8%
• Plasma 6%