Tropine
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Tropine is a derivative of tropane
containing a hydroxyl group at third carbon. It is also called 3-tropanol.
Benzatropine and etybenzatropine
are derivatives of tropine. It is also a building block of atropine
, a cholinergic
drug prototypical of the muscarinic antagonist class.
Tropane
Tropane is a nitrogenous bicyclic organic compound. It is mainly known for a group of alkaloids derived from it , which include, among others, atropine and cocaine. Both alkaloids contain tropinone from which tropane is a derivate...
containing a hydroxyl group at third carbon. It is also called 3-tropanol.
Benzatropine and etybenzatropine
Etybenzatropine
Etybenzatropine , also known as ethybenztropine and tropethydrylin, is an anticholinergic/antihistamine marketed under the trade names Panolid, Ponalid, and Ponalide, which is used as an antiparkinsonian agent. Like its analogue benzatropine, it may act as a dopamine reuptake inhibitor.-...
are derivatives of tropine. It is also a building block of atropine
Atropine
Atropine is a naturally occurring tropane alkaloid extracted from deadly nightshade , Jimson weed , mandrake and other plants of the family Solanaceae. It is a secondary metabolite of these plants and serves as a drug with a wide variety of effects...
, a cholinergic
Cholinergic
The word choline generally refers to the various quaternary ammonium salts containing the N,N,N-trimethylethanolammonium cation. Found in most animal tissues, choline is a primary component of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine and functions with inositol as a basic constituent of lecithin...
drug prototypical of the muscarinic antagonist class.