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Vecuronium bromide

Synonym(s):

1-[(2β,3α,5α,16β,17β)-3,17-Bis(acetyloxy)-2-(1-piperidinyl)androstan-16-yl]-1-methyl-piperidinium bromide

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C34H57BrN2O4
CAS Number:
50700-72-6
Molecular Weight:
637.73
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
4837308
EC Number:
256-723-9
MDL number:
MFCD00867762
UNSPSC Code:
51152000
PubChem Substance ID:
329767429
NACRES:
NA.77

biological source

synthetic

Quality Level

100

assay

≥97.0% (TLC)

form

powder or crystals

functional group

carboxylic acid

SMILES string

[Br-].CC(=O)O[C@H]1C[C@@H]2CC[C@@H]3[C@H](CC[C@@]4(C)[C@H]3C[C@@H]([C@@H]4OC(C)=O)[N+]5(C)CCCCC5)[C@@]2(C)C[C@@H]1N6CCCCC6

InChI

1S/C34H57N2O4.BrH/c1-23(37)39-31-20-25-12-13-26-27(34(25,4)22-29(31)35-16-8-6-9-17-35)14-15-33(3)28(26)21-30(32(33)40-24(2)38)36(5)18-10-7-11-19-36;/h25-32H,6-22H2,1-5H3;1H/q+1;/p-1/t25-,26+,27-,28-,29-,30-,31-,32-,33-,34-;/m0./s1

InChI key

VEPSYABRBFXYIB-PWXDFCLTSA-M

Gene Information

human ... CHRNA1(1134) , CHRNB1(1140) , CHRND(1144) , CHRNE(1145) , CHRNG(1146)

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Biochem/physiol Actions

Vecuronium Bromide is an aminosteroidal neuromuscular blocking agent. It relaxes the skeletal muscle and decreases oxygen consumption during surgery. It competes with acetylcholine and bind to cholinergic receptors at neuromuscular junctions.

Packaging

Bottomless glass bottle. Contents are inside inserted fused cone.

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GHS07

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Warning

hcodes

H302

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk_germany

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

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Hong Wang et al.
Acta pharmacologica Sinica, 32(12), 1454-1459 (2011-10-12)
To investigate the effect of magnesium sulfate and its interaction with the non-depolarizing muscle relaxant vecuronium at adult muscle-type acetylcholine receptors in vitro. Adult muscle-type acetylcholine receptors were expressed in HEK293 cells. Drug-containing solution was applied via a gravity-driven perfusion
Shawn P Vorce et al.
Journal of analytical toxicology, 32(6), 422-427 (2008-07-26)
The apparent recreational use of an aminosteroidal non-depolarizing neuromuscular blocking agent, vecuronium, is reported in this postmortem investigation. A quantitative method for the analysis of vecuronium and its active metabolite, 3-desacetylvecuronium, in blood and tissue samples was developed using liquid
Hong WANG et al.
Acta pharmacologica Sinica, 31(12), 1541-1546 (2010-11-26)
to investigate the changing resistance to nondepolarizing muscle relaxants (NDMRs) during the first month after denervation. the denervated and innervated skeletal muscle cells were examined on days 1, 4, 7, 14, 21, and 28 after denervation. Individual denervated and innervated
W C Bowman
British journal of pharmacology, 147 Suppl 1, S277-S286 (2006-01-13)
Descriptions of the South American arrow poisons known as curares were reported by explorers in the 16th century, and their site of action in producing neuromuscular block was determined by Claude Bernard in the mid-19th century. Tubocurarine, the most important
W H Kim et al.
British journal of anaesthesia, 110(4), 567-576 (2013-02-05)
There have been no evidence-based comparisons of motor-evoked potential (MEP) monitoring with no and partial neuromuscular block (NMB). We compared the effects of different levels of NMB including no NMB on MEP parameters. MEP-monitored 120 patients undergoing neurosurgery were enrolled.
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