Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: 1-methyl-4-phenylpyri-dini-um
IPA

46

Scrabble Score

22

Letters

6

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

MPP+, the active metabolite of MPTP.

Uncountable

noun

A neurotoxin that cannot cross the blood-brain barrier but which, once in contact, can destroy the dopaminergic neurons of the substantia nigra.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"2006, Zhang et al, Investigative Opthamological and Visual Science http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=16384975&query_hl=14&itool=pubmed_docsum Apical uptake was higher than basolateral uptake at 37 degrees C and was decreased to 70% in the presence of NaN(3) or in the absence of extracellular Na(+). Besides alpha2-agonists, apical uptake was inhibited by verapamil, desipramine, and quinidine, but not by MPP(+) (1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium), TEA (tetraethylammonium), decynium-22, carnitine, PHA (p-aminohippurate), alanine, or inosine."

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium mean?: MPP+, the active metabolite of MPTP.

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