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Description: Cholinesterase inhibitor
Chemical Name: 1,2,3,4-Tetrahydro-9-aminoacridine hydrochloride
Purity: ≥99% (HPLC)
Biological Activity for Tacrine hydrochloride
Tacrine hydrochloride is a potent cholinesterase inhibitor, a cognition enhancer in vivo.
Technical Data for Tacrine hydrochloride
| M. Wt | 234.73 |
| Formula | C13H14N2.HCl |
| Storage | Desiccate at +4°C |
| Purity | ≥99% (HPLC) |
| CAS Number | 1684-40-8 |
| PubChem ID | 15517 |
| InChI Key | ZUFVXZVXEJHHBN-UHFFFAOYSA-N |
| Smiles | Cl.NC1=C2CCCCC2=NC2=CC=CC=C12 |
The technical data provided above is for guidance only. For batch specific data refer to the Certificate of Analysis.
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References for Tacrine hydrochloride
References are publications that support the biological activity of the product.
Freeman and Dawson (1991) Tacrine: a pharmacological review. Prog.Neurobiol. 36 257 PMID: 1714613
Osborne and Christie (1996) Tetrahydro-9-aminoacridine has mixed actions on muscarinic currents and blocks opioid currents in rat locus ceruleus neurons. J.Pharmacol.Exp.Ther. 276 137 PMID: 8558423
Snape et al (1999) A comparative study in rats of the in vitro and in vivo pharmacology of the acetylcholinesterase inhibitors tacrine, donep. and NXX-066. Neuropharmacology 38 181 PMID: 10193909
Summers and Kaufman (1980) THA- A review of the literature and its use in treatment of five overdose patients. Clin.Toxicol. 16 269 PMID: 6994999
Merck Index 12 9199
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1 Citation for Tacrine hydrochloride
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Rio et al (2010) M3 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor expression confers differential cholinergic modulation to neurochemically distinct hippocampal basket cell subtypes. Mol Cell Endocrinol 30 6011 PMID: 20427660
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