Derivatives of ACh: Methacholine, Carbachol, and Bethanechol The therapeutic usefulness of ACh is limited by ( 1 ) its lack of selectivity as an agonist for different types of cholinoreceptors and (2) its rapid degradation by cholin- esterases.
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