MeSH Browser

MeSH Heading: Pralidoxime Compounds
Tree Number(s): D02.092.570.665.535
Unique ID: D011220
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011220
Scope Note: Various salts of a quaternary ammonium oxime that reconstitute inactivated acetylcholinesterase, especially at the neuromuscular junction, and may cause neuromuscular blockade. They are used as antidotes to organophosphorus poisoning as chlorides, iodides, methanesulfonates (mesylates), or other salts.
Entry Version: PRALIDOXIME CPDS
Entry Term(s): 2-PAM Compounds; Pyridine Aldoxime Methyl Compounds
Public MeSH Note: 65
History Note: 65(63)
Date Established: 1965/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2000/06/22

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

Pralidoxime Compounds MeSH Descriptor Data 2024