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... > Organic Chemicals > Carboxylic Acids > Acids, Acyclic > Dicarboxylic Acids > Succinates > Succinylcholine
... > Organic Chemicals > Alcohols > Ethanol > Ethanolamines > Choline > Succinylcholine
... > Organic Chemicals > Alcohols > Amino Alcohols > Ethanolamines > Choline > Succinylcholine
... > Organic Chemicals > Amines > Amino Alcohols > Ethanolamines > Choline > Succinylcholine
... > Organic Chemicals > Amines > Quaternary Ammonium Compounds > Trimethyl Ammonium Compounds > Choline > Succinylcholine
... > Organic Chemicals > Onium Compounds > Quaternary Ammonium Compounds > Trimethyl Ammonium Compounds > Choline > Succinylcholine
... > Inorganic Chemicals > Nitrogen Compounds > Ammonium Compounds > Quaternary Ammonium Compounds > Trimethyl Ammonium Compounds > Choline > Succinylcholine

Preferred term

Succinylcholine  

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  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Dicholine Succinate
  • Succinate, Dicholine
  • Succinyldicholine
  • Suxamethonium

Scope note

  • A quaternary skeletal muscle relaxant usually used in the form of its bromide, chloride, or iodide. It is a depolarizing relaxant, acting in about 30 seconds and with a duration of effect averaging three to five minutes. Succinylcholine is used in surgical, anesthetic, and other procedures in which a brief period of muscle relaxation is called for.

In other languages

  • suksametoni

    Finnish

  • Sukolin
  • suksinyylikoliini
  • suxamethonium
  • Succinylkolin

    Swedish

  • Celocurin
  • Suxameton
  • Suxametoniumklorid

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D013390

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