English Explanatory Dictionary

1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. MPP+, the active metabolite of MPTP.
  2. A neurotoxin that cannot cross the blood-brain barrier but which, once in contact, can destroy the dopaminergic neurons of the substantia nigra.

Word forms

1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium
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