Kontakt 2005, 7(3-4):349-352 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2005.067

Atropine and its position in contemporary medicineBiomedicine

Lenka Davidová, Ilona Maxnerová, Silvie Handschuhová, Jiří Patočka*
Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích, Zdravotně sociální fakulta, katedra radiologie a toxikologie

Atropine, a natural alkaloid of the Atropa belladona and other plants of the family Solanaceae, is a competitive antagonist of muscarinic cholinergic receptors. Atropine serves as a medicine with diverse pharmacological effects. It reduces the secretion in bronchi and salivary glands, it restricts sweating and causes dilatation of pupils, it lowers the heart frequency and through blocking acetylcholine effects it is active as an antidote in poisoning with organophosphate insecticides and nervous toxins.

Keywords: atropine; belladona alkaloids; pharmacology; toxicology

Published: November 22, 2005  Show citation

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Davidová L, Maxnerová I, Handschuhová S, Patočka J. Atropine and its position in contemporary medicine. Kontakt. 2005;7(3-4):349-352. doi: 10.32725/kont.2005.067.
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