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  • noun medicine An aromatic amine, used as a sympathomimetic bronchodilator

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  • noun drug (trade name Isuprel) used to treat bronchial asthma and to stimulate the heart

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Examples

  • The dose of isoproterenol, a medication used to treat asthma, was worked out in animals.

    Sound Politics: Why Killing Lab Rats Is Good 2006

  • By 1953, I had published a paper entitled "Reactions of strips of rabbit aorta to epinephrine, isoproterenol, sodium nitrite and other drugs".

    Robert F. Furchgott - Autobiography 1999

  • We found that catecholamine effects on adenylyl cyclase activation in both heart and liver preparations were, indeed, due to beta adrenergic effects as shown by the relative potencies of l-isoproterenol, l-epinephrine and l-norepinephrine with inhibition by dichloroisoproterenol and failure of alpha blockers and agonists to have effects.

    Ferid Murad - Autobiography 1999

  • Later, Aaron Jurkiewicz, a visiting research associate from Sao Paulo, Niede Jurkiewicz and I successfully used these theoretical equations in the analysis of propranolol antagonism to isoproterenol in guinea-pig tracheal strips before and after blockade of removal of the agonist by active uptake.

    Robert F. Furchgott - Autobiography 1999

  • Comparison of real and simulated acupuncture and isoproterenol in methacholine-induced asthma.

    The Best Alternative Medicine Dr. Kenneth R. Pelletier 2000

  • Comparison of real and simulated acupuncture and isoproterenol in methacholine-induced asthma.

    The Best Alternative Medicine Dr. Kenneth R. Pelletier 2000

  • It is also related to some immune regulative drugs, such as cetuximab, and drugs used to treat cancers, such as isoproterenol

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Gang Wu et al. 2010

  • In laboratory studies using human airway smooth muscle cells, they found that combined treatment with estradiol and the beta-agonist, isoproterenol (which non-selectively activates both beta-1 and beta-2 adrenergic receptors), had a synergistic effect on decreasing intracellular calcium and force more than either estradiol or isoproterenol alone.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • In laboratory studies using human airway smooth muscle cells, they found that combined treatment with estradiol and the beta-agonist, isoproterenol (which non-selectively activates both beta-1 and beta-2 adrenergic receptors), had a synergistic effect on decreasing intracellular calcium and force more than either estradiol or isoproterenol alone.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • Lack of proair inhaler coupon for vox 2 consulting selectivity: a chance of metaproterenol, fenoterol, isoproterenol, and understanding in days with asthma.

    Wii-volution 2010

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