Header Logo

Papaverine

"Papaverine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

expand / collapse MeSH information
An alkaloid found in opium but not closely related to the other opium alkaloids in its structure or pharmacological actions. It is a direct-acting smooth muscle relaxant used in the treatment of impotence and as a vasodilator, especially for cerebral vasodilation. The mechanism of its pharmacological actions is not clear, but it apparently can inhibit phosphodiesterases and it may have direct actions on calcium channels.


expand / collapse publications
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Papaverine" by people in this website by year, and whether "Papaverine" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text, click here.

© 2024 Kaiser Permanente