The effect of homologous local anesthetics of the 4-alkoxy- and 4-alkylamino-benzoic acid-diethylamino-esthylester- hydrochloride series on the glucose transport in human erythrocytes.
The homologous compounds of the 4-alkoxy- and 4-alkylamino-series inhibit the exchange transport of glucose in human erythrocytes; they show a competitive inhibition with one or two inhibitor molecules which become bound to a singular site of the transport system for glucose. The importance of length of hydrocarbon chain of the localanesthetics for the mode of their action is discussed.