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Organic Chemicals > Amines > Quaternary Ammonium Compounds > Phenylammonium Compounds > Neostigmine
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Organic Chemicals > Onium Compounds > Quaternary Ammonium Compounds > Phenylammonium Compounds > Neostigmine

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Neostigmine  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Proserine
  • Prozerin
  • Synstigmin

Scope note

  • A cholinesterase inhibitor used in the treatment of myasthenia gravis and to reverse the effects of muscle relaxants such as gallamine and tubocurarine. Neostigmine, unlike PHYSOSTIGMINE, does not cross the blood-brain barrier.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009388

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