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Pilocarpine vs Atropine - What's the difference?

pilocarpine | atropine |

As nouns the difference between pilocarpine and atropine

is that pilocarpine is a muscarinic alkaloid obtained from the leaves of tropical American shrubs from the genus Pilocarpus while atropine is an alkaloid extracted from the plant deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna) and other sources. Though overdoses would be fatal it is used as a drug in medicine for its paralytic effects (e.g. in surgery to relax muscles, in dentistry to dry the mouth, in ophthalmology to dilate the pupils).

pilocarpine

English

(wikipedia pilocarpine)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (biochemistry) A muscarinic alkaloid obtained from the leaves of tropical American shrubs from the genus Pilocarpus .

    • See also

    * jaborine

    atropine

    English

    (wikipedia atropine)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (poison, pharmaceutical drug) An alkaloid extracted from the plant deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna ) and other sources. Though overdoses would be fatal it is used as a drug in medicine for its paralytic effects (e.g. in surgery to relax muscles, in dentistry to dry the mouth, in ophthalmology to dilate the pupils).