Alloferin - Alcuronium chloride

Activity C-T. 1 is probably the most effective peripheral muscle relaxant. It is hardly used in current therapy because the corresponding diallylnortoxiferinium chloride (alcuronium chloride, Alloferin ) has a shorter duration of action. The muscle relaxant effect results from a (competitive) expulsion of acetylcholine from the receptors of the motoric endplates with paralysis of the transversely striated musculature (overdoses cause death by asphyxiation). 

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