Abstract
Objective: Dopamine, epinephrine, and norepinephrine which are derivatives of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylethylamine are endogenous compounds with very important biological roles called catecholamines, in monoamine structure. It’s known that these biomolecules carrying the catechol structure control many systems in the organism by stimulating their specific receptors. In particular, it is observed the stimulating effects of these endogenous compounds on the adrenergic and dopaminergic systems. These compounds, which are involved in many biological processes as hormones or neurotransmitters, are also obtained synthetically due to their therapeutic importance and use in the clinical. In addition, many new derivatives have been developed with chemical modifications in order to improve the pharmacological and pharmaceutical properties of endogenous catecholamines. The wide and important clinical use of these compounds makes them valuable for researchers. It’s very important with regard to the development of new derivatives, to research the activities of catecholamines and derivative compounds used in the clinical, to understand their chemical structures, and to investigate the methods of obtaining them.
Result and Discussion: Therefore in this study, the structures and properties of catecholamine derivatives with clinical significance were investigated. As a result of this study, the chemical properties, biosynthesis, and synthetically obtainment methods of catecholamines, their biological activities, and use clinically were revealed.