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Cholinergic Activity of Hyoscyamine

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MANY former and recent investigations, employing various clinical and experimental tests1–4, have already revealed the synergic action of small atropine doses with acetylcholine. We were able to demonstrate quite an unexpected experimental correlation between hyoscyamine and cholinergic activity.

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TEITEL, A. Cholinergic Activity of Hyoscyamine. Nature 190, 814–815 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/190814a0

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