Oman 7548. Muscat . Muscat and Oman . A sultanate on the southeast coast of the Arabian peninsula. Its capital is Masqat. Before the 16th century it was ruled by independent emirs but was captured and controlled by the Portuguese 1508-1648. In 1741 it was recovered by a descendent of Yemen's imam. After its decline in the 19th century, it became virtually a political and economic dependency within the British Government of India, retaining close ties with Great Britain by treaty from 1939 to 1970 when it achieved autonomy. The name was recorded by Pliny in the 1st century A.D. as Omana, said to be derived from the founder of the state, Oman ben Ibrahim al-Khalil. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p890; Oman Embassy, Washington; Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p391) . 1.00
Asparagaceae. Anemarrhenaceae . Hesperaloe . Nolinoideae . Polianthes . Agavaceae . Convallariaceae . Hyacinthaceae . Muscari . A family of flowering subshrubs and shrubs in the class Magnoliopsida. . 0.84
Muscarine. A toxic alkaloid found in Amanita muscaria (fly fungus) and other fungi of the Inocybe species. It is the first parasympathomimetic substance ever studied and causes profound parasympathetic activation that may end in convulsions and death. The specific antidote is atropine. . 0.78
Cholinergic Agents. Cholinergic Drugs . Cholinergic Effect . Cholinergic Effects . Cholinergics . Muscarinic Effect . Muscarinic Effects . Muscarinics . Nicotinic Effect . Nicotinic Effects . Agents, Acetylcholine . Agents, Cholinergic . Agents, Muscarinic . Agents, Nicotinic . Drugs, Cholinergic . Effect, Cholinergic . Effect, Muscarinic . Effect, Nicotinic . Effects, Cholinergic . Effects, Muscarinic . Effects, Nicotinic . Acetylcholine Agents . Cholinomimetics . Muscarinic Agents . Nicotinic Agents . Any drug used for its actions on cholinergic systems. Included here are agonists and antagonists, drugs that affect the life cycle of ACETYLCHOLINE, and drugs that affect the survival of cholinergic neurons. The term cholinergic agents is sometimes still used in the narrower sense of MUSCARINIC AGONISTS, although most modern texts discourage that usage. . 0.70