Bencycloquidium Bromide is a muscarinic M3 antagonist. Bencycloquidium bromide inhibits nasal hypersecretion in a rat model of allergic rhinitis. Bencycloquidium Bromide showed high affinity toward the M(3) receptor in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells (M(1) pKi=7.86, M(2) pKi=7.21, M(3) pKi=8.21); pA(2)=8.85, 8.71 and 8.57 in methacholine-induced contraction of trachea, ileum and urinary bladder, 8.19 in methacholine-induced bradycardia of right atrium in vitro, respectively.This compound is unstable in powder form and other related salt forms are recommened. |