"Pralidoxime Compounds" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Various salts of a quaternary ammonium oxime that reconstitute inactivated acetylcholinesterase, especially at the neuromuscular junction, and may cause neuromuscular blockade. They are used as antidotes to organophosphorus poisoning as chlorides, iodides, methanesulfonates (mesylates), or other salts.
| Descriptor ID |
D011220
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.092.570.665.535
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| Concept/Terms |
Pralidoxime Compounds- Pralidoxime Compounds
- Compounds, Pralidoxime
- Pyridine Aldoxime Methyl Compounds
- 2-PAM Compounds
- 2 PAM Compounds
- Compounds, 2-PAM
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