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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1975-8-26
pubmed:abstractText
Enantiomeric neuromuscular junction blocking agents, which are of the benzoquinonium type but which have a methyl group introduced adjacent to the quaternary moieties to provide an asymmetric center were synthesized and tested to determine whether the neuromuscular junction exhibits the relatively modest (R) greater than (S) superiority shown toward previously tested bisquaternaries. Testing included a mouse inclined screen assay and an in vivo cat hypoglossal nerve-tongue preparation, as well as standard estimations of anticholinesterase activity since the candidate compounds are known to have such a component in their activity spectrum. The observed 2:1 difference in blocking activity favoring the compound with an (R)-configuration is the same as that for previously tested bisquaternaries, both in direction and magnitude. Furthermore, it cannot be accounted for by preferential inhibition of acetylcholinesterase by the (S)-enantiomer. Absolute configurations of the enantiomers were assigned on the basis of comparison with compounds of known configuration.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0022-3549
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
64
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
67-70
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1975
pubmed:articleTitle
Sterochemical preferences for curarimimetic neuromuscular junction blockade III: enantiomeric bisquaternary amines related to benzoquinonium as probes.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article