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Organic Chemicals > Amines > Hydroxylamines > Oximes > Pralidoxime Compounds

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Pralidoxime Compounds  

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  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • 2 PAM Compounds
  • 2-PAM Compounds
  • Compounds, 2-PAM
  • Pyridine Aldoxime Methyl Compounds

Scope note

  • Various salts of a quaternary ammonium oxime that reconstitute inactivated acetylcholinesterase, especially at the neuromuscular junction, and may cause neuromuscular blockade. They are used as antidotes to organophosphorus poisoning as chlorides, iodides, methanesulfonates (mesylates), or other salts.

History note

  • 65(63)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D011220

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