Unit - II: Drugs Acting on Autonomic Nervous System

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In this post the authors of #smillingpharmacy has provided the detailed contents for Unit - II  of medicinal chemistry which is in accordance to #PCI syllabus. According to syllabus of unit-II it is divided into three heads viz., #Adrenergic #Neurotransmitters, #SympathomimeticAgents, #AdrenergicAntagonists.

 

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Drugs acting on #AutonomicNervousSystem

#AdrenergicNeurotransmitters -Biosynthesis and catabolism of #catecholamine.

#Adrenergicreceptors (Alpha & Beta) and their distribution.

#SympathomimeticAgents:

#SARofSympathomimeticAgents,

Direct acting:

#Nor-epinephrine, #Epinephrine, #Phenylephrine*, #Dopamine, #Methyldopa, #Clonidine, #Dobutamine, #Isoproterenol or #Isoprenaline, #Terbutaline, #Salbutamol*, #Bitolterol, #Naphazoline, #Oxymetazoline and #Xylometazoline.

Indirect acting agents:

#Hydroxyamphetamine, #Pseudoephedrine, #Propylhexedrine.

Agents with mixed mechanism:

#Ephedrine, #Metaraminol.

#AdrenergicAntagonists:

#AlphaAdrenergicBlockers:

#Tolazoline*, #Phentolamine, #Phenoxybenzamine, #Prazosin, #Dihydroergotamine, #Methysergide.

#BetaAdrenergicBlockers:

#SAROfBetaBlockers

#Propranolol*, #Metibranolol, #Atenolol, #Betazolol, #Bisoprolol, #Esmolol, #Metoprolol,#Labetolol, #Carvedilol.