GLYCOPYRROLATE
Glycopyrrolate
Glycopyrrolate is a synthetic anticholinergic agent with a quaternary ammonium structure. A muscarinic competitive antagonist used as an antispasmodic, in some disorders of the gastrointestinal tract, and to reduce salivation with some anesthetics.
- IUPACName
- 3-[(2-cyclopentyl-2-hydroxy-2-phenylacetyl)oxy]-1,1-dimethylpyrrolidin-1-ium
- CASNumber
- 596-51-0
- MolecularFormula
- C19H28NO3
- Synonyms
- ahr504;tarodyl;robinul;robanul;asecryl;tarodyn;nodapton;gastrodyn; NSC 250836;NSC 251251
- Application
- For use as a preoperative antimuscarinic to reduce salivary, tracheobronchial, and pharyngeal secretions, to reduce the volume and free acidity of gastric secretions and to block cardiac vagal inhibitory reflexes during induction of anesthesia and intubation.
