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Dopamine vs Secologanin - What's the difference?

dopamine | secologanin |

As nouns the difference between dopamine and secologanin

is that dopamine is (label) a neurotransmitter associated with movement, attention, learning, and the brain’s pleasure and reward system while secologanin is (biochemistry) a monoterpene synthesized from geranyl pyrophosphate in the mevalonate pathway, then proceeding with dopamine to form ipecac alkaloids.

dopamine

English

(wikipedia dopamine)

Noun

  • (label) A neurotransmitter associated with movement, attention, learning, and the brain’s pleasure and reward system.

    • Abbreviations

    * DA

    Hypernyms

    * catecholamine * phenethylamine

    Related terms

    * dopaminergic

    See also

    * norepinephrine English words suffixed with -amine ----

    secologanin

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia secologanin)
  • (biochemistry) A monoterpene synthesized from geranyl pyrophosphate in the mevalonate pathway, then proceeding with dopamine to form ipecac alkaloids.