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anticholinesterase /an·ti·cho·lin·es·ter·ase/ (-ko?lin-es´ter-as) cholinesterase inhibitor.
anticholinesterase (an´tīkō´lines´-t  rās),n a drug or chemical that inhibits or inactivates the enzyme cholinesterase, resulting in the actions produced by the accumulation of acetylcholine at cholinergic sites. anticholinesterase a drug that inhibits the enzyme acetylcholinesterase, thereby potentiating the action of acetylcholine at postsynaptic membrane receptors in the parasympathetic nervous system. |
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Myasthenia Autoimmune Muscle weakness Anticholinesterase gravis (12) attack against and fatigue, agents such as the cells at the including Mestinon junction of weakness of the (pyridostigmine), nerves and eye muscles. 2002) but is below the threshold for cholinesterase inhibition (Das and Barone 1999); the in vivo CPF metabolite, CPF oxon, is the active agent that produces irreversible anticholinesterase actions and is three orders of magnitude more potent than CPF itself in inhibiting cholinesterase (Das and Barone 1999). Anticholineserases Guttmann and Walsh[21] reported that the anticholinesterase drug prostigmine elicited spontaneous erections and ejaculations when intrathecally administered to 134 men with SCI. |
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