Diquaternized curarelike myorelaxants: Structure and biological activity

Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1248-1262

  Salakhutdinov, N F ^a   Tolstikov, G A ^a  

^a N N VOROZHTSOV NOVOSIBIRSK INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Curarelike compounds; Diquarternized myorelaxants; Natural and synthetic myorelaxants; Nondepolarizing and depolarizing substances

Indexed keywords

ALCURONIUM; ATRACURIUM BESILATE; CAMPHONIUM; CHISINDAMON; CYCLOBUTONIUM; DECADONIUM; DECAMETHONIUM; DEMECOLCINE; DIADONIUM; DIBENZOQUINOLIZINE CHLOROFUMARATE; DIPLACIN; DITHYLINUM; GANGLION BLOCKING AGENT; IMBRETYL; ISOQUINOLINE; MALOUETIN; MIVACURIUM; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; NEUROMUSCULAR DEPOLARIZING AGENT; PANCURONIUM; PARAMYON; PIPECURONIUM BROMIDE; PYROXALON; QUALIDYL; QUINOLINE; SUXAMETHONIUM; TUBOCURARINE CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; YOHIMBINE; ALKALOID; AMINE; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; QUINOLINE DERIVATIVE;

BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; IC 50; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE PROPERTY RELATION; REVIEW; STRYCHNOS; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN;

ALKALOIDS; AMINES; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; HUMANS; NEUROMUSCULAR NONDEPOLARIZING AGENTS; QUINOLINES;

EID: 84871159675     PISSN: 13895575     EISSN: 18755607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/13895575110091248     Document Type: Review

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