Ambenonium (dichloride tetrahydrate)

Ambenonium (WIN 8077) dichloride tetrahydrate is an orally active and reversible inhibitor of Acetyicholinesterase (AChE) with high affinity. Ambenonium dichloride tetrahydrate inhibits human AChE with an IC50 value of 0.7 nM (hAChE) [1][2].

Product Specifications

CAS Number

[52022-31-8]

Product Name Alternative

WIN 8077 (dichloride tetrahydrate)

UNSPSC

12352005

Target

Cholinesterase (ChE)

Related Pathways

Neuronal Signaling

Applications

Neuroscience-Neuromodulation

Field of Research

Neurological Disease

Solubility

10 mM in DMSO

Smiles

O=C(NCC[N+](CC)(CC)CC1=CC=CC=C1Cl)C(NCC[N+](CC)(CC)CC2=CC=CC=C2Cl)=O.[Cl-].[Cl-].O.O.O.O

Molecular Formula

C28H50Cl4N4O6

Molecular Weight

680.53

References & Citations

[1]Hodge AS, et al. Ambenonium is a rapidly reversible noncovalent inhibitor of acetylcholinesterase, with one of the highest known affinities. Mol Pharmacol. 1992 May. 41 (5) :937-42.|[2]Komloova M, et al. Preparation, in vitro screening and molecular modelling of symmetrical bis-quinolinium cholinesterase inhibitors--implications for early myasthenia gravis treatment. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2011 Apr 15. 21 (8) :2505-9.|[3]Hazama R, et al. Effects of long-term administration of ambenonium chloride on motor end-plate fine structure and acetylcholine receptor in rat. J Neurol Sci. 1981 Jul. 51 (1) :69-79.