Quaternary Ammonium Compounds as Water Channel Blockers

Quaternary Ammonium Compounds as Water Channel Blockers

From the Department of Physiology, Nijmegen Center for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, 6500 HB Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, the Max-Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Department, Am Fassberg, D-37077, Göttingen, Germany, and the Department of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Kings Buildings, West M...

Bis-quaternary ammonium blockers as structural probes of the sarcoplasmic reticulum K+ channel

A series of n-alkyl-bis-alpha,omega-trimethylammonium (bisQn) compounds was synthesized, and their ability to block K+ currents through a K+ channel from sarcoplasmic reticulum was studied. K+ channels were inserted into planar phospholipid membranes, and single-channel K+ currents were measured in the presence of the blocking cations. These bisQn compounds block K+ currents only from the side ...

[Quaternary ammonium compounds--new occupational hazards].

Quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs, quats) belong to organic ionic chemical agents which display unique properties of both surfactants and disinfectants. Their wide distribution in the work environment and also in private households brings about new occupational hazards. This paper reviews reports about the health effects of QACs. QACs could play a role of sensitizers and irritants to the skin...

The Electroreduction of Quaternary Ammonium Compounds

Interactions of Quaternary Ammonium Compounds and Proteins

A simple met.hod of titration with a cationic detergent has been developed which permits rapid estimation of the concentration of urinary protein with a minimum of manipulations and time. The method depends on the formation of an insoluble anion-cation complex between quaternary ammonium ions, hereinafter referred to as the cationic detergent, and proteins, in the present instance mainly human ...