Physostigmine

Japanese: フィゾスチグミン(英語表記)physostigmine
Physostigmine
C 15 H 21 N 3 O 2 . Also called eserine. An alkaloid found in the seeds of Calabar bean, a creeping herb of the legume family native to West Africa. It is obtained as columnar or plate-shaped crystals from ether or benzyl. It forms salts with benzoic acid, citric acid, salicylic acid, hydrobromic acid, hydrochloric acid, picric acid, etc. When exposed to sunlight, its aqueous or alcoholic solution turns from red to brown. It inhibits acetylcholinesterase and has a parasympathetic stimulant effect. Its action is roughly equivalent to that of neostigmine. It is used as a miotic and glaucoma treatment.

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Japanese:
C15H21N3O2 。エゼリンともいう。西アフリカ原産のマメ科のつる性草本カラバルマメの種子に存在するアルカロイド。エーテルまたはベンゼルから柱状または板状晶として得られる。安息香酸,クエン酸,サリチル酸,臭化水素酸,塩酸,ピクリン酸などと塩をつくる。水溶液やアルコール溶液は日光に当てると赤色を経て褐色となる。アセチルコリンエステラーゼを阻害し,副交感神経興奮作用を示す。作用はネオスチグミンとほぼ同等である。縮瞳薬,緑内障治療薬として用いる。

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