http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyramine
Say one wanted to make a pill to degrade most (if not all) Tyramine in a person's stomach to Octopamine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopamine
The only difference in chemical structure between the two is a hydroxide group on the secondary carbon.
Would it be feasible to design a drug that is safe for a human user and that could do simple substitution reactions on the secondary carbon of Tyramine with a hydroxide nucleophile?
Say one wanted to make a pill to degrade most (if not all) Tyramine in a person's stomach to Octopamine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopamine
The only difference in chemical structure between the two is a hydroxide group on the secondary carbon.
Would it be feasible to design a drug that is safe for a human user and that could do simple substitution reactions on the secondary carbon of Tyramine with a hydroxide nucleophile?