This hygroscopic acetylcholine analogue (FW = 195.69 g/mol) is a substrate of cholinesterase (or butyrylcholinesterase) and a weak substrate for acetylcholinesterase. Solutions should always be freshly prepared as propionylcholine chloride hydolyzes nonenzymatically. See also Acetylcholine Target(s): aryl-acylamidase; choline kinase; ethanolamine kinase; and Na+/K+-exchanging ATPase.
