Telenzepine
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Telenzepine is an anticholinergic
Anticholinergic
An anticholinergic agent is a substance that blocks the neurotransmitter acetylcholine in the central and the peripheral nervous system. An example of an anticholinergic is dicycloverine, and the classic example is atropine....

 or sympatholytic
Sympatholytic
A sympatholytic drug is a medication which inhibits the postganglionic functioning of the sympathetic nervous system . They are indicated for various functions, for example they may be used as antihypertensives...

used in the treatment of peptic ulcers. Telenzepine is atropisomeric, in other words the molecule has a stereogenic C–N-axis in neutral aqueous solution it displays a half-life for racemization of the order of 1000 years. The enantiomers have been resolved. The activity is related to the (+)-isomer which has about 500-fold more active as the (–)-isomer at muscarinic receptors in rat cerebal cortex.

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