Experiment 516072
Worktypes
Compounds isolated
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Organism | Empty organism |
| Citation | CHIOU,LC: LING,JY: CHANG,CC:. (1995). BETA-EUDESMOL AS AN ANTIDOTE FOR INTOXICATION FROM ORGANOPHOSPHORUS ANTICHOLINESTERASE AGENTS.. 292(2) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | BETA-EUDESMOL ACTS ON THE NERVE TERMINAL AND INHIBITS THE NON-PHYSIOLOGICAL EXPLOSIVE RELEASE OF ACETYCHOLINE. THE LETHAL TOXICITY CAUSED BY LARGE DOSES OF DIISOPROPYLFLUOROPHOSPHATE DISPLAYED IN THE PRESENCE OF OBIDOXIME AND ATROPINE MAY BE DUE TO OTHER MECHANISM(S) THAT IS NOT YET SIGNIFICANT AT SMALL DOSES OF DIISOPROPYLFLUOROPHOSPHATE. IT MAY BE SPECULATED THAT BETA-EUDESMOL SUPPLEMENTS THE ANTIDOTAL CAPACITY OF ATROPINE PLUS OBIDOXIME BY ANTAGONIZING THE ADDITIONAL LETHAL MECHANISM OF DIISOPROPYLFLUOROPHOSPHATE. |
| Dose amount | 5.0-8 MICROMOLS |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | MOUSE |
| Dose expression | CONC USED |