The enzyme cholinesterase (EC 3.1.1.8, choline esterase; systematic name acylcholine acylhydrolase) catalyses the hydrolysis of choline-based esters: an...
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Cholinesterase inhibitors (ChEIs), also known as anti-cholinesterase, are chemicals that prevent the breakdown of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine or...
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Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (AChEIs) also often called cholinesterase inhibitors, inhibit the enzyme acetylcholinesterase from breaking down the neurotransmitter...
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Pseudocholinesterase deficiency (redirect from Plasma cholinesterase deficiency)
are known, such as S1, F1, and F2.[citation needed] Genes encoding cholinesterase 1 (CHE1) and CHE2 have been mapped to 3q26.1-q26.2. One gene is silent...
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Butyrylcholinesterase (redirect from Plasma cholinesterase)
pseudocholinesterase, or plasma (cholin)esterase, is a nonspecific cholinesterase enzyme that hydrolyses many different choline-based esters. In humans...
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Cholinesterase reactivators are drugs that reverse the inhibition of cholinesterase by organophosphates or sulfonates. They are used as antidote for treating...
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Rivastigmine (sold under the trade name Exelon among others) is a cholinesterase inhibitor used for the treatment of mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease...
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crisis may be masked by the concomitant use of atropine along with cholinesterase inhibitor medication in order to prevent side effects. Flaccid paralysis...
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Acetylcholine (section Cholinesterase inhibitors)
its multi-faceted action (non-selective) and rapid inactivation by cholinesterase. However, it is used in the form of eye drops to cause constriction...
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receptors (thus mimicking acetylcholine), or indirectly by inhibiting cholinesterase, promoting acetylcholine release, or other mechanisms. Common uses of...
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organophosphates, dimethoate is an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor which disables cholinesterase, an enzyme essential for central nervous system function. It acts both...
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rapid metabolism of the drug by non-specific plasma cholinesterases. However, plasma cholinesterase activity is reduced in some people due to either genetic...
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reactivated by cholinesterase reactivators. EA-2192 Guanitoxin Chabrier, P. E.; Jacob, J. (May 1980). "In vivo and in vitro inhibition of cholinesterase by methyl-1...
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organophosphate pesticides, it is important to obtain a baseline cholinesterase test. Cholinesterase is an important enzyme of the nervous system, and these chemical...
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administered to humans intravenously, it is capable of inhibiting the plasma cholinesterase (butyrylcholinesterase) enzyme. The dibucaine number is used to differentiate...
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and usually improved even with continued use. Donepezil, like other cholinesterase inhibitors, can cause nightmares due to enhanced activation of the visual...
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treatment of mild to moderate dementia of the Alzheimer's type. It is a cholinesterase inhibitor. Benzgalantamine is a prodrug of galantamine. The most common...
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nutrients. These include α-solanine, α-chaconine, enzyme inhibitors (of cholinesterase, protease, amylase, etc.), cyanide and cyanide precursors, oxalic acid...
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carbamate inhibitor of cholinesterase that does not cross the blood–brain barrier. It carbamylates about 30% of peripheral cholinesterase enzyme, and the carbamylated...
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agents after surgery. It contains neostigmine as the methylsulfate, a cholinesterase inhibitor, and glycopyrronium bromide, an antimuscarinic agent....
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Mytelase) is a cholinesterase inhibitor used in the management of myasthenia gravis. It is classified as a reversible cholinesterase inhibitor. Ambenonium...
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Echothiophate binds irreversibly to cholinesterase. Because of the very slow rate at which echothiophate is hydrolyzed by cholinesterase, its effects can last a week...
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and is extensively metabolized by plasma esterases and also by liver cholinesterases, with only about 1% excreted unchanged in the urine. The metabolism...
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AA Cholinergic Acetylcholine receptor agonist (Muscarinic Nicotinic) Cholinesterase inhibitor Acetylcholine receptor antagonist (Muscarinic Nicotinic (Ganglionic...
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AA Cholinergic Acetylcholine receptor agonist (Muscarinic Nicotinic) Cholinesterase inhibitor Acetylcholine receptor antagonist (Muscarinic Nicotinic (Ganglionic...
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low blood levels of cholinesterase, the enzyme inhibited by anticholinesterase agents such as VX. She also stated that cholinesterase levels were within...
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nicotinic receptors. Unlike acetylcholine, bethanechol is not hydrolyzed by cholinesterase and will therefore have a long duration of action. Bethanechol is sold...
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critically ill individuals. It is unclear if the medication donepezil, a cholinesterase inhibitor, reduces delirium following surgery. There is also no clear...
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WHO Model List of Essential Medicines (section Muscle relaxants (peripherally-acting) and cholinesterase inhibitors)
The WHO Model List of Essential Medicines (aka Essential Medicines List or EML), published by the World Health Organization (WHO), contains the medications...
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8 Acidic Sucrase 6.2 Acidic Catalase 7.0 Neutral Urease 7.0 Neutral Cholinesterase 7.0 Neutral Ribonuclease 7.0–7.5 Neutral Fumarase 7.8 Alkaline Trypsin...
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