pentolinium Pharm.
(pɛntəʊˈlɪnɪəm)
[f. pent(amethylene (s.v. penta-) + pyrrolidine + -ium b.]
A white, crystalline powder which has been used as a ganglion-blocking agent in the treatment of severe hypertension; pentamethylenebis(1-methyl-pyrrolidinium hydrogen tartrate), C23H42N2O2; also called pentolinium tartrate.
| 1954 Lancet 27 Nov. 1097/2 The preparation used was ‘Ansolysen’ (M. & B. 2050A),..termed pentolinium tartrate by the British Pharmacopœia Commission in 1954. 1958 J. H. Burn Lect. Notes Pharmacol. (ed. 5) 20 Pentolinium (Ansolysen) is similar in action to hexa⁓methonium, but it is more powerful. 1974 [see pempidine]. |