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Descriptor English: Ambenonium Chloride
Descriptor Spanish: Cloruro de Ambenonio
Descriptor cloruro de ambenonio
Scope note: Compuesto de amonio cuaternario, inhibidor de la actividad colinesterasa, con acciones similares a las de la NEOSTIGMINA pero de más duración. Se administra por vía oral para el tratamiento de la miastenia gravis. (Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p1112)
Descriptor Portuguese: Cloreto de Ambenônio
Descriptor French: Chlorure d'ambénonium
Entry term(s): Chloride, Ambenonium
Mytelase
Tree number(s): D02.092.877.096.019
D02.675.276.046
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000549
Scope note: A quaternary ammonium compound that is an inhibitor of cholinesterase activity with actions similar to those of NEOSTIGMINE, but of longer duration. Ambenonium is given by mouth in the treatment of myasthenia gravis. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p1112)
Allowable Qualifiers: AA analogs & derivatives
AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AG agonists
AI antagonists & inhibitors
AN analysis
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
EC economics
HI history
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
UR urine
Pharm Action: Cholinesterase Inhibitors
Parasympathomimetics
Registry Number: 51FOB87G3I
CAS Type 1 Name: Benzenemethanaminium, N,N'-((1,2-dioxo-1,2-ethanediyl)bis(imino-2,1-ethanediyl))bis(2-chloro-N,N-diethyl)-, dichloride
Public MeSH Note: 65; AMBESTIGMINUM was see AMBENONIUM CHLORIDE 1977-94
Online Note: use AMBENONIUM CHLORIDE to search AMBESTIGMINUM 1977-94
History Note: 65; AMBESTIGMINUM was see AMBENONIUM CHLORIDE 1977-94
DeCS ID: 550
Unique ID: D000549
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Date Established: 1965/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/07/05
Ambenonium Chloride - Preferred
Concept UI M0000853
Scope note A quaternary ammonium compound that is an inhibitor of cholinesterase activity with actions similar to those of NEOSTIGMINE, but of longer duration. Ambenonium is given by mouth in the treatment of myasthenia gravis. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p1112)
Preferred term Ambenonium Chloride
Entry term(s) Chloride, Ambenonium
Mytelase - Narrower
Concept UI M0432329
Preferred term Mytelase



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