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Pilocarpine

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Definition: A slowly hydrolyzed muscarinic agonist with no nicotinic effects. Pilocarpine is used as a miotic and in the treatment of glaucoma.  /biosyn permitted if by plant   
Pharmacological Action Miotics; Muscarinic Agonists 		Other names Nitrate, Pilocarpine; Hydrochloride, Pilocarpine; Salagen; Pilocarpine, Monohydrochloride, (3S-cis)-Isomer; Pilocarpine Nitrate; Pilocarpine Mononitrate, (3S-cis)-Isomer; Pilocarpine Hydrochloride; Ocusert; Isoptocarpine; IsopilocarpineDrugs* : SALAGEN; PILOPINE HS; OCUSERT PILO-40; OCUSERT PILO-20; ISOPTO CARPINE; PILOCARPINE HYDROCHLORIDE
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSourceDrugs*
3-hydroxypilocarpine  0   Pilocarpine/*analogs & derivatives. Drug Metab Dispos 2007 Mar;35(3):476-83
O,O'-dipivaloyl (1,2-ethylene)bispilocarpic acid diester  0   Pilocarpine/*analogs & derivatives. Int J Pharm 1999 Jul 5;184(1):115-20
pilocarpine receptor  0   *Receptors, Cholinergic Pilocarpine. Methods Find Exp Clin Pharmacol 1982;4(5):321
pilocarpic acid  28406-15-7   Pilocarpine/*analogs & derivatives. J Pharm Sci 1981;70(1):96
Piloplex  62783-28-2 2-Propenoic acid, 2-methyl-, dodecyl ester, polymer with 2-propenoic acid, compd. with (3S-cis)-3-ethyldihydro-4-((1-methyl-1H-imidazol-5-yl)methyl)-2(3H)-furanone  *Pilocarpine Delayed-Action Preparations Ophthalmic Solutions. Br J Ophthalmol 63(1):45;1979
Glauko-Biciron  66510-07-4 2(3H)-Furanone, 3-ethyldihydro-4-((1-methyl-1H-imidazol-5-yl)methyl)-, monohydrochloride, (3S-cis)-, mixt. with (R)-3-hydroxy-alpha-((methylamino)methyl)benzenemethanol hydrochloride  *Phenylephrine *Pilocarpine Drug Combinations. Med Monatschr 31(12):567;1977
pilaren  60996-13-6 2(3H)-Furanone, 3-ethyldihydro-4-((1-methyl-1H-imidazol-5-yl)methyl)-, (3S-cis)-, mixt. with (R)-4-(1-hydroxy-2-(methylamino)ethyl)-1,2-benzenediol  *Epinephrine *Pilocarpine Drug Combinations. Wien Med Wochenschr 20(127):636;1977

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