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Barbiturates

Known as: Barbiturate, Barbiturates [Chemical/Ingredient] 
A class of drugs characterized as central nervous system (CNS) depressants. Barbiturate compounds bind to the gamma amino butyric acid (GABA)-A… 
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1,3-dimethylbarbituric acid1-methyl barbituric acid2-hydroxylamino-5-ethyl-5-propylbarbituric acid5-allyl-5-isopropyl-1-methylbarbituric acid
Anesthetics, IntravenousBARBITURATES TESTED FOR:PRID:PT:UR:NOM:SCREENBarbiturates:MCnc:Pt:Meconium:QnBarbiturates:MCnc:Pt:Urine:Qn:Confirm

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Central Nervous System DepressantsGeneral anesthetic drugsPharmaceutical PreparationsPyrimidines

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Review
2002
Review
2002
Anxiety over GABA(A) receptor structure relieved by AChBP.
Review
2002
Review
2002
Multiple roles of protein kinases in the modulation of gamma-aminobutyric acid(A) receptor function and cell surface expression.
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
A new genetic defect in human CYP2C19: mutation of the initiation codon is responsible for poor metabolism of S-mephenytoin.
The 4'-hydroxylation of the S-enantiomer of the anticonvulsant drug mephenytoin exhibits a genetic polymorphism in humans. This… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Changing patterns of c-fos induction in spinal neurons following thermal cutaneous stimulation in the rat
Review
1981
Review
1981
Diazepam use among methadone maintenance patients: patterns and dosages.
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Benzodiasepine and neurotransmitter receptor binding in rat brain after chronic administration of diazepam or phenobarbital
Review
1975
Review
1975
Drug-induced systemic lupus erythematosus: a critical review.
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Thyrotropin releasing hormone: Antagonism of pentobarbital in rodents
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Chapter 6 – Long-term Intravenous Infusion
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
Gas chromatography of barbiturates, phenolic alkaloids, and xanthine bases: flash-heater methylation by means of trimethylanilinium hydroxide.
Injection of methanol solutions of trimethylanilinium salts of barbiturates, phenolic alkaloids, and dimethylxanthines produced… 
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