different between agonist vs isoprenaline

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ????????? (ag?nist?s, “combatant, champion”).

Noun

agonist (plural agonists)

1. Someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon), protagonist.
2. The muscle that contracts while the other relaxes.

   When bending the elbow, the biceps is the agonist.

3. (biochemistry, pharmacology) A molecule that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction.

   Acetylcholine is an agonist at the cholinergic receptor.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• agonist on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

Blend of isopropyl +? noradrenaline.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???.s?(?)?p??n.?.li?n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?a?.s??p??n.?l.?n/

Noun

isoprenaline (countable and uncountable, plural isoprenalines)

1. (pharmacology) A sympathomimetic beta-adrenergic agonist medication, structurally similar to epinephrine and mainly used for the relief of bronchial asthma and pulmonary emphysema.

Synonyms

• isoproterenol

Derived terms

• levisoprenaline
• -prenaline (“phenethylamine derivative”)

References

• “isoprenaline”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “isoproterenol”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).