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                                                                Synonyms: S-apomorphine | S-(+)-apomorphine
                                 
                                                         
                            
                            
                            
                                Compound class: 
                                                            Synthetic organic
                                 
                                
                                    
                                        Comment: S(+)-apomorphine a brain-penetrating activator of the activator of the nuclear erythroid 2-related-factor 2 (Nrf2)-ARE (antioxidant response element) pathway [1]. This compound is a receptor-inactive enantiomer of the clinically approved dopamine-receptor agonist apomorphine (R(-)-apomorphine).
                                    
                                 
                            
                            
                          
                                
                                    
                                
                          
                                   
                                   
                                  
                                    
                                    
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                                                                         1. Mead RJ, Higginbottom A, Allen SP, Kirby J, Bennett E, Barber SC, Heath PR, Coluccia A, Patel N, Gardner I et al.. (2013)
                                         S[+] Apomorphine is a CNS penetrating activator of the Nrf2-ARE pathway with activity in mouse and patient fibroblast models of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Free Radic Biol Med, 61: 438-52. [PMID:23608463]  |