Cisatracurium besilate

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Cisatracurium (formerly recognized as 51W89 and marketed as Nimbex) is a neuromuscular-blocking drug or skeletal muscle relaxant in the category of non-depolarizing neuromuscular-blocking drugs used adjunctively in anesthesia to facilitate endotracheal intubation and to provide skeletal muscle relaxation during surgery or mechanical ventilation. It is a bisbenzyltetrahydroisoquinolinium agent with an intermediate duration of action.

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ATC prefix

M03

ATC suffix

AC11

Bioavailability

100.0

CAS number

96946-42-8

ChEBI

3721

DrugBank

DB00565

FDA UNII code

80YS8O1MBS

IUPAC name

dimethoxy-2-methyl-34-dihydro-1H-isoquinolin-2-yl], 5-[3-[(1R2R)-1-[(34-dimethoxyphenyl)methyl]-67-, phenyl)methyl]-67-dimethoxy-2-methyl-34-dihydro-, propanoyloxy]pentyl 3-[(1R2R)-1-[(34-dimethoxy, 1H-isoquinolin-2-yl]propanoate Benzenesulfonate (1:2)

PubChem

62886