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Gallamine triethiodide

≥98% (TLC), powder, muscarinic receptor antagonist

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C30H60I3N3O3
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
891.53
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352116
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.77

Assay

≥98% (TLC)

form

powder

mp

235 °C (dec.) (lit.)

solubility

H2O: 100 mg/mL
ethanol: soluble

storage temp.

2-8°C

SMILES string

[I-].[I-].[I-].CC[N+](CC)(CC)CCOc1cccc(OCC[N+](CC)(CC)CC)c1OCC[N+](CC)(CC)CC

InChI

1S/C30H60N3O3.3HI/c1-10-31(11-2,12-3)22-25-34-28-20-19-21-29(35-26-23-32(13-4,14-5)15-6)30(28)36-27-24-33(16-7,17-8)18-9;;;/h19-21H,10-18,22-27H2,1-9H3;3*1H/q+3;;;/p-3

InChI key

REEUVFCVXKWOFE-UHFFFAOYSA-K

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Application

Gallamine triethiodide has been used:
  • as a relaxant for measuring spinal trigeminal nucleus recordings from single neurons.
  • as an antagonist in neuroblastoma cells as M2 receptor
  • to reduce eye movement during retinal surgery in rat

Biochem/physiol Actions

Gallamine triethiodide has anti-muscarinic effect. It is a competitive antagonist for the muscarinic receptor. Gallamine is regarded as neuromuscular blocking agent.
Muscle relaxant; allosteric muscarinic receptor antagonist with an order of potency of M2 > M1 = M4 > M3 = M5. Ligand for the peripheral anionic binding site of acetylcholinesterase.

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Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Neuromuscular blocking drugs: discovery and development
Raghavendra T
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 95(7), 363-367 (2002)
Sandrine B Daval et al.
Molecular pharmacology, 84(1), 71-85 (2013-04-23)
Bitopic binding properties apply to a variety of muscarinic compounds that span and simultaneously bind to both the orthosteric and allosteric receptor sites. We provide evidence that fluorescent pirenzepine derivatives, with the M1 antagonist fused to the boron-dipyrromethene [Bodipy (558/568)]
J Eichler et al.
Molecular pharmacology, 45(2), 335-340 (1994-02-01)
Comparison of the effect of three 'peripheral' site ligands, propidium, d-tubocurarine, and gallamine, on acetylcholinesterase (acetylcholine hydrolase; EC 3.1.1.7) of Torpedo and chicken shows that all three are substantially more effective inhibitors of the Torpedo enzyme than of the chicken
Dar'ya S Redka et al.
Molecular pharmacology, 74(3), 834-843 (2008-06-17)
The M(2) muscarinic receptor has two topographically distinct sites: the orthosteric site and an allosteric site recognized by compounds such as gallamine. It also can exhibit cooperative effects in the binding of orthosteric ligands, presumably to the orthosteric sites within
Transcriptional response to muscarinic acetylcholine receptor stimulation: regulation of Egr-1 biosynthesis by ERK, Elk-1, MKP-1, and calcineurin in carbachol-stimulated human neuroblastoma cells
Rossler O, et al.
Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 470(1), 93-102 (2008)

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