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Descriptor English: Amyl Nitrite
Descriptor Spanish: Nitrito de Amila
Descriptor nitrito de amilo
Scope note: Vasodilatador que se administra por inhalación. Se utiliza también de modo recreativo debido a su supuesta capacidad para inducir euforia y actuar como afrodisiaco.
Descriptor Portuguese: Nitrito de Amila
Descriptor French: Nitrite d'amyle
Entry term(s): Nitrite, Amyl
Tree number(s): D02.633.025
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000680
Scope note: A vasodilator that is administered by inhalation. It is also used recreationally due to its supposed ability to induce euphoria and act as an aphrodisiac.
Allowable Qualifiers: AA analogs & derivatives
AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AG agonists
AI antagonists & inhibitors
AN analysis
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
EC economics
HI history
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
UR urine
Pharm Action: Vasodilator Agents
Registry Number: 8017-89-8
Related: Amylenum Nitrosum DeCS
DeCS ID: 22329
Unique ID: D000680
NLM Classification: QV 156
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2000/06/21
Amyl Nitrite - Preferred
Concept UI M0001045
Scope note A vasodilator that is administered by inhalation. It is also used recreationally due to its supposed ability to induce euphoria and act as an aphrodisiac.
Preferred term Amyl Nitrite
Entry term(s) Nitrite, Amyl



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