title: The comparative bronchodilator properties of alkyl quaternary salts of promethazine.
abstract: Several salts of thiazinamium, a quaternary analogue of promethazine, administered by aerosol, possessed equipotent anticholinergic activity in anesthetized guinea pigs but the duration of this effect differed somewhat. N-Butyl substitution in the side chain, but not the corresponding ethyl or n-propyl substitutions, reduced the aerosol anticholinergic potency and duration. There was also a tendency for a corresponding reduction in antihistaminic activity with different alkyl substitutions and for a greatly reduced duration of this effect.
mesh_terms: D000336:Aerosols; D000818:Animals; D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy*; D001993:Bronchodilator Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006634:Histamine H1 Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D010276:Parasympatholytics / Q000494:pharmacology; D011398:Promethazine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000336:Aerosols; D001993:Bronchodilator Agents; D006634:Histamine H1 Antagonists; D010276:Parasympatholytics; D011398:Promethazine