Chemical Properties
Solid
Uses
A hormone and neurotransmitter
Uses
Endogenous catcholamine with combined α-and β-agonist activity. Principal sympathomimetic hormone produced by the adrenal medulla. Bronchodilator; cardiostimulant; mydriatic; antiglaucoma.
Uses
DL-Adrenaline is a hormone and a neurotransmitter secreted by the medulla of the adrenal glands. In medicine DL-Adrenaline is used chiefly as a stimulant in cardiac arrest, as a vasoconstrictor in shock, and as a bronchodilator and antispasmodic in bronch
Definition
ChEBI: A catecholamine in which the aminoethyl side-chain is hydroxy-substituted at C-1 and methylated on nitrogen.
brand name
Vaponefrin (Fisons).
General Description
Odorless light brown or nearly white crystals.
Air & Water Reactions
Slightly water soluble .
Reactivity Profile
Light sensitive. Incompatible with heat, air, iron salts, and alkalis. . An aminoalcohol. Amines are chemical bases. They neutralize acids to form salts plus water. These acid-base reactions are exothermic. The amount of heat that is evolved per mole of amine in a neutralization is largely independent of the strength of the amine as a base. Amines may be incompatible with isocyanates, halogenated organics, peroxides, phenols (acidic), epoxides, anhydrides, and acid halides. Flammable gaseous hydrogen is generated by amines in combination with strong reducing agents, such as hydrides. Incompatible with heat, air, iron salts, and alkalis. .
Health Hazard
SYMPTOMS: Pallor, tremor, anxiety, nervousness, rapid, forceful pulse, rise in blood pressure and temperature, rapid breathing, dilation of the pupils.
Fire Hazard
Flash point data for DL-Adrenalin are not available, however, DL-Adrenalin is probably combustible.
