Selective muscarinic M1-receptor agonist. Prepn: P. Sauerberg, P. H. Olesen, EP 384288 (1990 to Ferrosan); eidem, US 5043345 (1991 to Novo Nordisk); eidem et al., J. Med. Chem. 35, 2274 (1992). Prepn of crystalline tartrate: L. M. Osborne et al., WO 9429303 (1994 to Novo Nordisk). Muscarinic receptor binding study: H. E. Shannon et al., J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. 269, 271 (1994). Pharmacology: F. P. Bymaster et al., ibid. 282. HPLC determn in plasma: C. L. Hamilton et al., J. Chromatogr. 613, 365 (1993).
Cholinergic; nootropic.
Cholinergic; Nootropic