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Application

Papaverine hydrochloride has been used:in oxygenated Krebs solution for tissue mechanics analysisas a vasodilator in heparinized horse serum in tissue uptake techniqueas an inhibitor of H-MPP+ uptake into stably transfected 293 cells expressing either extraneuronal monoamine transporter (EMT) human or EMT rat

Biochem/physiol Actions

Smooth muscle relaxant and cerebral vasodilator; phosphodiesterase inhibitor.

Papaverine is originally used to resolve male impotence.

Features and Benefits

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General description

Papaverine hydrochloride belongs to the group of benzylisoquinoline alkaloid. It is obtained from opium poppy.

Packaging

5, 25, 100 g in poly bottle