Cisatracurium besylate

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-012609",
  "term": "Cisatracurium besylate",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "The besylate salt form of cisatracurium, a non-depolarizing skeletal muscle relaxant of the benzylisoquinolinium class, with skeletal muscle relaxing activity. Cisatracurium besylate acts as a competitive acetylcholine antagonist that binds to nicotinic receptors at the neuromuscular junction. This blocks neuromuscular transmission and causes neuromuscular relaxation.",
  "references": [
    "National Cancer Institute Thesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/cisatracurium-besylate/"
}