Payment & Shipping Terms | Supply Capacity |
Payment Terms: | T/T, WU | Production Capacity: | 500Ton/year |
Min. Order: | 1 Gram | Packing: | according to the customer's requirements |
Means of Transport: | Ocean, Air, Land | Delivery Date: | 7 days |
Alpha-methyldopa (CAS: 555-30-6)
Item | Index |
Molecular Formula | C10H13NO4 |
Molecular weight | 211.21 |
Specification | CP/USP/EP |
Appearance | White crystalline powder |
Melting point | ≥300 °C |
Refractive index | -14 ° (C=1, H2O) |
Storage Condition | Store at RT |
Application
Left-handed methyldopa is a B blockers core vascular medicine, to moderate program of primary and renal hypertension has good curative effect.
Methyldopa(L-α-Methyl-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine; Aldomet, Aldoril, Dopamet, Dopegyt, etc.) is an alpha-adrenergic agonist (selective for α2-adrenergic receptors) psychoactive drug used as a sympatholytic or antihypertensive. Its use is now mostly deprecated following the introduction of alternative safer classes of agents. However, it continues to have a role in otherwise difficult to treat hypertension and gestational hypertension (previously known as pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH)).
It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines, a list of the most important medication needed in a basic health system.
Medical uses
Methyldopa is used in the clinical treatment of the following disorders:
Hypertension (or high blood pressure)
Gestational hypertension (or pregnancy-induced hypertension) and pre-eclampsia
