title: alpha-Adrenergic activities of some substituted 2-(aminomethyl)imidazolines.
abstract: A series of 2-(aminomethyl)imidazolines related to the alpha-adrenergic antagonist phentolamine was prepared and evaluated for alpha-adrenergic agonist and antagonist activities in the isolated, field-stimulated rat vas deferens. Affinities for alpha-adrenergic receptors were determined by displacement of [3H]clonidine and [3H]prazosin from membrane binding sites of calf cerebral cortex. This series provided a variety of alpha-adrenergic profiles, with some of the (aminomethyl)imidazolines being nonselective alpha 1- and alpha 2-adrenergic antagonists like phentolamine, while others were either nonselective alpha 1- and alpha 2-agonists or mixed alpha 1-agonists/alpha 2-antagonists.
mesh_terms: D000316:Adrenergic alpha-Agonists / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000317:Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D003000:Clonidine / Q000378:metabolism; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D010646:Phentolamine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D011224:Prazosin / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D014649:Vas Deferens / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000316:Adrenergic alpha-Agonists; D000317:Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists; D007093:Imidazoles; D003000:Clonidine; D011224:Prazosin; D010646:Phentolamine