A direct-acting peripheral vasodilator that causes flushing and may decrease blood pressure. It is used in vasospasm and threatened gangrene. [PubChem]
A member of the class of pyridines that is pyridine which is substituted by a hydroxymethyl group at position 3 .
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From Data Sources
• 3-Picolyl esters can be prepared by carbodiimide coupling and have been used for protection of the side chain carboxyl groups of aspartic and glutamic acids in peptide synthesis: J. Org. Chem., 53, 5386 (1988). See Appendix 6.
Irritant (Xi)