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... > Organic Chemicals > Amines > Quaternary Ammonium Compounds > Bis-Trimethylammonium Compounds > Hexamethonium Compounds > Hexamethonium
... > Inorganic Chemicals > Nitrogen Compounds > Ammonium Compounds > Quaternary Ammonium Compounds > Bis-Trimethylammonium Compounds > Hexamethonium Compounds > Hexamethonium
... > Organic Chemicals > Onium Compounds > Quaternary Ammonium Compounds > Bis-Trimethylammonium Compounds > Hexamethonium Compounds > Hexamethonium

Preferred term

Hexamethonium  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Hexonium

Scope note

  • A nicotinic cholinergic antagonist often referred to as the prototypical ganglionic blocker. It is poorly absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract and does not cross the blood-brain barrier. It has been used for a variety of therapeutic purposes including hypertension but, like the other ganglionic blockers, it has been replaced by more specific drugs for most purposes, although it is widely used a research tool.

History note

  • 95; was HEXAMETHONIUM (NM) 1980-94

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018738

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