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Papaverine hydrochloride

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Synonym(s):
6,7-Dimethoxy-1-veratrylisoquinoline hydrochloride
Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C20H21NO4 · HCl
CAS Number:
61-25-6
Molecular Weight:
375.85
Beilstein:
3921435
EC Number:
200-502-1
MDL number:
MFCD00012745
UNSPSC Code:
41106305
PubChem Substance ID:
24278152
NACRES:
NA.77

Assay

≥98%

Quality Level

100

form

powder

color

white

solubility

H2O: 25 mg/mL

SMILES string

COC1=C(OC)C=C(C(CC2=CC(OC)=C(OC)C=C2)=NC=C3)C3=C1.Cl

InChI

1S/C20H21NO4.ClH/c1-22-17-6-5-13(10-18(17)23-2)9-16-15-12-20(25-4)19(24-3)11-14(15)7-8-21-16;/h5-8,10-12H,9H2,1-4H3;1H

InChI key

UOTMYNBWXDUBNX-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Gene Information

human ... PDE4B(5142)

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General description

Papaverine hydrochloride belongs to the group of benzylisoquinoline alkaloid. It is obtained from opium poppy.

Application

Papaverine hydrochloride has been used:
  • in oxygenated Krebs solution for tissue mechanics analysis
  • as a vasodilator in heparinized horse serum in tissue uptake technique
  • as an inhibitor of H-MPP+ uptake into stably transfected 293 cells expressing either extraneuronal monoamine transporter (EMT) human or EMT rat

Biochem/physiol Actions

Papaverine is originally used to resolve male impotence.
Smooth muscle relaxant and cerebral vasodilator; phosphodiesterase inhibitor.

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Pictograms

Skull and crossbones
GHS06

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H301

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Oral

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

Regulatory Information

监管及禁止进口产品

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Intra-arterial papaverine infusions for the treatment of cerebral vasospasm induced by aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage
Liu James K and Couldwell William T
Neurocritical Care, 2(2), 124-132 (2005)
Activation of the extraneuronal monoamine transporter (EMT) from rat expressed in 293 cells
Grundemann D, et al.
British Journal of Pharmacology, 137(6), 910-918 (2002)
Kyoko Hayashi et al.
Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, 17(6), 1562-1564 (2007-01-24)
Berberine chloride (1) and the structurally related compounds were assessed for the anti-human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) activity using the plaque assay. The anti-HCMV activity (IC(50) 0.68 microM) of 1 was equivalent to that (IC(50) 0.91 microM) of ganciclovir (GCV). The mechanism
Differential roles of endothelin-1 in angiotensin II-induced atherosclerosis and aortic aneurysms in apolipoprotein E-null mice
Suen RS, et al.
The American Journal of Pathology, 179(3), 1549-1559 (2011)
Effects of antiallergic agents, compound 48/80, and some reference inhibitors on the activity of partially purified human lung tissue adenosine cyclic 3',5'-monophosphate and guanosine cyclic 3',5'-monophosphate phosphodiesterases.
H Bergstrand et al.
Molecular pharmacology, 13(1), 38-43 (1977-01-01)
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