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Pilocarpine
Introduction: Pilocarpine
Description of Pilocarpine
Pilocarpine: 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 glaucoma; used as the hydrochloride and the nitrate salts. [G. pilos, a felt hat, + karpos, fruit]
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Pilocarpine: A slowly hydrolyzed muscarinic agonist with no nicotinic effects. Pilocarpine is used as a miotic and in the treatment of glaucoma.
Source: Diseases Database
Pilocarpine: slowly hydrolyzed muscarinic agonist with no nicotinic effects, used as a miotic and in the treatment of glaucoma.
Source: CRISP
Pilocarpine: A slowly hydrolyzed muscarinic agonist with no nicotinic effects. Pilocarpine is used as a miotic and in the treatment of glaucoma.
Source: MeSH 2007
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Source - MeSH 2007
Source - CRISP
Hierarchical classifications of Pilocarpine
The following list attempts to classify Pilocarpine into categories where each line is subset of the next.
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- Pilopine Online, Description, Chemistry, Ingredients - Pilocarpine - RxList Monographs
- MDAdvice.com - Health Library - Prescription & Non-Prescription Drugs - PILOCARPINE
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