pyrantel brands

Molecular formula: C11H14N2S

By promoting the release of acetylcholine, inhibiting cholinesterase, and stimulating ganglionic neurons, pyrantel serves as a depolarizing neuromuscular blocking agent in helminths. This causes extensive depolarization of the helminth muscle membrane, resulting in tension to the helminth's muscles, leading to paralysis and release of their attachment to the host organism intestinal walls. This action is unlike piperazine, which is a hyperpolarizing neuromuscular blocking agent that causes relaxation of the helminth muscles, leading to a subsequent detachment from the intestinal wall. Excretion of the parasites in the feces occurs by normal peristalsis. PYRANTEL & ITS ANALOGS ARE DEPOLARIZING NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENTS. THEY INDUCE MARKED, PERSISTENT ACTIVATION OF NICOTINIC RECEPTORS, WHICH RESULTS IN SPASTIC PARALYSIS OF THE WORM. PYRANTEL ALSO INHIBITS CHOLINESTERASES. /PYRANTEL PAMOATE AND ANALOGS/ PYRANTEL ... CAUSES A SLOWLY DEVELOPING CONTRACTURE OF PREPARATIONS OF ASCARIS AT 1% OF THE CONCENTRATION OF ACETYLCHOLINE REQUIRED TO PRODUCE THE SAME EFFECT. IN SINGLE MUSCLE CELLS OF THIS HELMINTH, PYRANTEL CAUSES DEPOLARIZATION & INCREASED SPIKE-DISCHARGE FREQUENCY, ACCOMPANIED BY INCREASE IN TENSION.

Source: PubChem (NCBI) · compound 708857