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With isolated strips of guinea-pig gut in vitro atropine in shown to be a weaker acetylcholine-antagonist when tested in bicarbonate-free solutions than in solutions containing bicarbonate. The reliability of this statement is checked in various respects.
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Bucher, K., Horiuchi, T. Alteration of an anticholinergic effect by bicarbonate. Agents and Actions 4, 410–412 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01964944
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01964944