ATC Group: A03BA Belladonna alkaloids, tertiary amines

The World Health Organization's ATC classification organizes medical drugs based on therapeutic properties, chemical composition, and anatomy. It helps make essential medicines readily available globally and is widely used in the pharmaceutical industry.

Position of A03BA in the ATC hierarchy

Level
Code
Title
1
Alimentary tract and metabolism
2
Drugs for functional gastrointestinal disorders
3
BELLADONNA AND DERIVATIVES, PLAIN
4
A03BA
Belladonna alkaloids, tertiary amines

Group A03BA contents

Code
Title
Atropine
Hyoscyamine
Belladonna total alkaloids

Active ingredients in A03BA

Active Ingredient
Description

Atropine is an antimuscarinic agent which competitively antagonises acetylcholine at postganglionic nerve endings, thus affecting receptors if the exocrine glands, smooth muscle, cardiac muscle and the central nervous system.

Hyoscyamine inhibits specifically the actions of acetylcholine on structures innervated by postganglionic cholinergic nerves and on smooth muscles that respond to acetylcholine but lack cholinergic innervation. Hyoscyamine inhibits gastrointestinal propulsive motility and decreases gastric acid secretion. It also controls excessive pharyngeal, tracheal and bronchial secretions.

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