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Urethane

Known as: Carbamate, Ethyl, Ethyl ester of carbamic acid, Carbamidsaeure-aethylester 
A colorless and odorless, crystalline compound that emits toxic fumes of nitrogen oxides when heated to decomposition. Urethan is mainly used in the… 
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Anesthetics, IntravenousAntineoplastic AgentsCarbamatesCarcinogens
In BloodPolyurethanesagonistsanalogs & derivatives

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N-hydroxyurethaneN-methylcarbamic acid, ethyl esterOcclusinTimeLine Fluoride Releasing Resin

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Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Isolation and characterization of an s-ethyl-N,N-dipropylthiocarbamate-degrading Arthrobacter strain and evidence for plasmid-associated s-ethyl-N,N-dipropylthiocarbamate degradation
Arthrobacter sp. strain TE1 isolated from s-ethyl-N,N-dipropylthiocarbamate (EPTC)-exposed soil degraded this herbicide… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Neuropeptide action in nucleus tractus solitarius: angiotensin specificity and hypertensive rats.
We have reported that microinjection of angiotensin II (ANG II) into the nucleus tractus solitarius of urethan-anesthetized… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Nonoxidative ethanol metabolism in rabbit myocardium: purification to homogeneity of fatty acyl ethyl ester synthase.
Fatty acyl ethyl esters, previously identified in our laboratory as metabolites of ethanol in human and rabbit myocardium, arise… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Isolation of plant tubulin from azuki bean epicotyls by ethyl N-phenylcarbamate-Sepharose affinity chromatography.
A new method for isolating plant tubulin was devised. The method involves affinity chromatography with ethyl N-phenylcarbamate… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Tissue-dependent enzyme-mediated repair or removal of O-ethyl pyrimidines and ethyl purines in carcinogen-treated rats.
Treatment of perinatal rats with N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea (EtNU) leads predominantly to brain tumors. The DNA in tissues of 10-day… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Urethan-induced pulmonary adenoma as a tool for the study of surfactant biosynthesis.
Summary Mouse pulmonary adenomas induced by urethan contain significant quantities of disaturated phosphatidylcholine, the main… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Urethan-induced retinopathy in pigmented rats.
Highly Cited
1964
Highly Cited
1964
Potentiation between Urecholine and gastrin extract and between Urecholine and histamine in the stimulations of Heidenhain pouches
EDITORIAL These studies clearly establish the existence of true potentiation between Urecholine and gastrin and between… 
Highly Cited
1960
Highly Cited
1960
High incidence of spontaneous hepatomas and the increase of this incidence with urethan in C3H, C3Hf, and C3He male mice.
Highly Cited
1951
Highly Cited
1951
Observations on inhibition of nucleic acid synthesis resulting from administration of nitrogen mustard, urethan,. colchicine, 2,6-diaminopurine, 8-azaguanine, potassium arsenite, and cortisone.
Using the technic of measuring the incorporation of formate carbon into nucleic acid purines of control and treated mice, data… 
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