1) Alkaloid
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It is on the World Health Organization`s List of Essential Medicines, a list of the most important medication needed in a basic health system. == Medical uses == Pilocarpine stimulates the secretion of large amounts of saliva and sweat. It is used to treat dry mouth (xerostomia) which can occur, for example, as a side effect of radiation therapy ....
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• (n.) An alkaloid extracted from jaborandi (Pilocarpus pennatifolius) as a white amorphous or crystalline substance which has a peculiar effect on the vasomotor system.
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(from the article `drug`) ...acetylcholine receptors. Acetylcholine itself produces extremely short-lived effects because it is destroyed rapidly in the blood. One ...
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A drug used to increase salivation in people who have dry mouth caused by opioids or radiation therapy. Pilocarpine belongs to the family of drugs called alkaloids.
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(pi″lo-kahr´pēn) a cholinergic alkaloid from leaves of Pilocarpus jaborandi and P. microphyllus; used topically in the eye as the base or the hydrochloride or nitrate salt as an antiglaucoma agent and miotic; the hydrochloride salt is also used orally to treat mouth dryness resulting from radiotherapy or associated...
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Alkaloid with muscarinic cholinomimetic activity isolated from Pilocarpus jaborandi .
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Pi`lo·car'pine noun [ From New Latin
Pilocarpus pennatifolius jaborandi; Latin
pilus hair + Greek
karpo`s fruit: confer French
pilocarpine .]
(Chemistry) An alkaloid extracted from jaborandi (
Pilocarpus pennatifolius ) as a white amorphous or crystalline ...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: pī′lō-kar′pēn Definitions: 1. An alkaloid obtained from the leaves of Pilocarpus microphyllus or P. jaborandi (family Rutaceae), shrubs of the West Indies and tropical America; a parasympathomimetic agent used experimentally to induce seizures externally as a miotic and in the treatment of glauco...
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A plant alkaloid and the primary bioactive substance reducible from Pilocarpus spp. (Jaborandi leaves).
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[
n] - cholinergic alkaloid used in eyedrops to treat glaucoma
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noun cholinergic alkaloid used in eyedrops to treat glaucoma
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