title: Pharmacological studies on N-demethylated carbachol.
abstract: In attempts to find a drug more active than pilocarpine, the tertiary nitrogen derivative of carbachol, N-demethylated carbachol, was synthetized and tested on several autonomic nervous system preparations. N-Demethylated carbachol was active at muscarinic and nicotinic sites in vivo and in vitro. In superfusion studies, N-demethylated carbachol contracted the smooth muscle of the guinea pig ileum as well as skeletal muscles of frog recus abdominis and chick biventer cervicis. N-Demethylated carbachol decreased blood pressure in the rat, with an ED50 ("/- SEM) of 4.82 +/- 0.78 mg/kg. After close arterial injection to the cat superior cervical ganglion, N-demethylated carbachol elicited contractions of the nictitating membrane (ED50 of 1.68 +/- 0.24 mg/kg) that were not significantly affected by atropine. N-D-methylated carbachol stimulated salivation in dog Wharton duct preparations with an ED50 of 2.55 +/- 0.81 mg/kg. In contrast, pilocarpine had no effects on skeletal muscles in vitro, produced ganglionic effects blocked by atropine, had a prominent effect on salivation, and tended to elevate blood pressure.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001001:Anura; D001285:Atropine / Q000494:pharmacology; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D002217:Carbachol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D002415:Cats; D002645:Chickens; D003640:Dealkylation; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D005727:Ganglia, Spinal / Q000187:drug effects; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000187:drug effects; D009469:Neuromuscular Junction / Q000187:drug effects; D010862:Pilocarpine / Q000494:pharmacology; D011894:Rana pipiens; D051381:Rats; D012472:Salivation / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D010862:Pilocarpine; D001285:Atropine; D002217:Carbachol