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piperazine

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piperazine /pi·per·a·zine/ (-zēn) an anthelmintic used against Ascaris lumbricoides and Enterobius vermicularis; used as the citrate salt.
pi·per·a·zine (p-pr-zn, p-)
n.
A colorless crystalline compound used as a hardener for epoxy resins, an antihistamine, and an anthelmintic.

piperazine [pi-per´ah-zēn]
an anthelmintic used in various salts against Ascaris lumbricoides and Enterobius vermicularis.

piperazine (piper´zēn),
n an anthelmintic agent that acts against the roundworm
Ascaris lumbricoides and the pinworm
Enterobius vermicularis by interfering with their nerve transmissions, thereby causing paralysis.

piperazine
an anthelmintic; several of its salts are used, especially in horses and dogs. A useful agent especially against ascarids. Combined with a benzimidazole is effective against Parascaris equorum and benzimidazole-resistant small strongyles.
Piperazine is a very safe medicament but poisoning occurs on doses that are several times normal. Signs include incoordination, pupillary dilatation, hyperesthesia, somnolence, tremor, swaying at rest and recumbency. Spontaneous recovery usual.


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Officers found and confiscated from the man 250 piperazine pills, worth around 1,000 lats on the black market.
N'-dimethylpiperazine (DMP) (from Acros), N',N-dimethylformamide (DMF), hexahydropyridine and piperazine (from Chinese Medicine Group), A-BPE-10 and TMPTA (from Shin-nakamura Chemical Co.
This bicyclic intermediate dimerized to form a five-ring compound with a central piperazine ring, which was characterized by electrospray ionization-liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry, NMR, and x-ray crystallography.
 
 
 
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