Ergoline vs Pergolide - What's the difference?
ergoline | pergolide | Hypernyms |
(chemistry) A tetracyclic heterocycle whose structural skeleton is contained in a diverse range of alkaloids, including some psychedelic drugs, and whose derivatives are used clinically for vasoconstriction and in the treatment of migraine and Parkinson's disease.
A dopamine receptor agonist used for the treatment of Parkinson's disease.
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Ergoline is a hypernym of pergolide.
As nouns the difference between ergoline and pergolide
is that ergoline is (chemistry) a tetracyclic heterocycle whose structural skeleton is contained in a diverse range of alkaloids, including some psychedelic drugs, and whose derivatives are used clinically for vasoconstriction and in the treatment of migraine and parkinson's disease while pergolide is a dopamine receptor agonist used for the treatment of parkinson's disease.ergoline
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(wikipedia ergoline)See also
* ergotismpergolide
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