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Morantel citrate salt

Catalog No. M5404 Name Sigma Aldrich
CAS Number 69525-81-1 Website http://www.sigmaaldrich.com
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SYNONYMS

IUPAC name
1-methyl-2-[(E)-2-(3-methylthiophen-2-yl)ethenyl]-1,4,5,6-tetrahydropyrimidine; 2-hydroxypropane-1,2,3-tricarboxylic acid
IUPAC Traditional name
citro; morantel
Synonyms
1,4,5,6-Tetrahydro-1-methyl-2-(2-[3-methyl-2-thienyl]ethenyl)pyrimidine

DATABASE IDS

EC Number 274-028-9
CAS Number 69525-81-1
MDL Number MFCD00079447

PROPERTIES

Risk Statements 20/21/22
Safety Statements 36
German water hazard class 3
GHS Pictograms GHS07
GHS Signal Word Warning
GHS Hazard statements H302-H312-H332
European Hazard Symbols Harmful Harmful (Xn)
Personal Protective Equipment dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves
GHS Precautionary statements P280

DETAILS

Description (English)
Application
Morantel is a anthelmintic compound used to treat parasitic infections in livestock1. It is also used to study allosteric potentiation of rat neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs)1 and is used to study nematode nicotinic receptors2.
Biochem/physiol Actions
Morantel is a potent non-canonical (binding site) acetylcholine (ACh) receptor agonist and inhibits fumarate reductase. Morantel increases the macroscopic currents evoked by acetylcholine (ACh) from nAChRs expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes up to 8 times1.
Morantel is a potent non-canonical (binding site) acetylcholine (ACh) receptor agonist and inhibits fumarate reductase.

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