DeCS

Descriptor English:

Mephobarbital

Descriptor Spanish:

Mefobarbital

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	mefobarbital
Entry term(s)	metilfenobarbital
Scope note:	Barbiturato que se metaboliza a FENOBARBITAL. Se ha utilizado para propósitos similares, especialmente en la EPILEPSIA, aunque no existe evidencia de que el mefobarbital ofrezca ventaja alguna sobre el FENOBARBITAL.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Mefobarbital

Descriptor French:

Méthylphénobarbital

Tree number(s):

D03.383.742.698.253.434

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008618

Scope note:

A barbiturate that is metabolized to PHENOBARBITAL. It has been used for similar purposes, especially in EPILEPSY, but there is no evidence mephobarbital offers any advantage over PHENOBARBITAL.

Annotation:

do not confuse with mephebarbital

Allowable Qualifiers:

AA analogues et dérivés
AD administration et posologie
AE effets indésirables
AG agonistes
AI antagonistes et inhibiteurs
AN analyse
BL sang
CF liquide cérébrospinal
CH composition chimique
CL classification
CS synthèse chimique
EC économie
HI histoire
IM immunologie
IP isolement et purification
ME métabolisme
PD pharmacologie
PK pharmacocinétique
PO intoxication
RE effets des radiations
SD ressources et distribution
ST normes
TO toxicité
TU usage thérapeutique
UR urine

Pharm Action:

Anticonvulsants
Hypnotics and Sedatives
GABA Modulators

Registry Number:

5NC67NU76B

CAS Type 1 Name:

2,4,6(1H,3H,5H)-Pyrimidinetrione, 5-ethyl-1-methyl-5-phenyl-

DeCS ID:

8790

Unique ID:

D008618

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