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Definition of Carbachol

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Carbachol

1. Parasympathomimetic drug formed by substituting the acetyl of acetylcholine with a carbamyl group, acts on both muscarinic and nicotinic receptors and is not hydrolysed by acetylcholine esterase. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Carbachol

Literary usage of Carbachol

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"carbachol (1 microgram/kg) or physostigmine (50 micrograms/kg) induced a long-lasting increase in blood pressure and a decrease in heart rate in Long-Evans ..."

2. Air Quality Criteria for Oxides of Nitrogenby Dennis J. Kotchmar by Dennis J. Kotchmar (1996)
"(1976) studied the effects of low levels of NO2 exposure on the bronchial sensitivity of mild asthmatic patients to carbachol, ..."

3. Health Consequences of Smoking: Nicotine Addiction a Report of the Surgeon by C. Everett Koop, M.D., DIANE Publishing Company (1988)
"Binding with similar characteristics has been reported in rat brain tissue with 3H-methyl-carbachol (Abood and Grassi 1986; Boksa and Quirion 1987) and with ..."

4. Smokeless Tobacco Or Health: An International Perspective by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"Glucose and carbachol generate 1,2-diacylglycerol by different mechanisms in pancreatic islets. Journal of Clinical Investigations 81: 1154-1161, 1988. ..."

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