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Anticholinergic Activity of Tropine-α-Methyltropate

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THE synthesis of the new α-methyltropic ester of tropine and the isolation of the two optically active isomers has been recently described by Melone, Vecchi, Pagani and Testa1.

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MAFFII, G., BIANCHI, G. Anticholinergic Activity of Tropine-α-Methyltropate. Nature 185, 844–845 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/185844a0

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