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Preferred term

Barbiturates  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Note

  • general or unspecified; prefer specifics

Scope note

  • A class of chemicals derived from barbituric acid or thiobarbituric acid. Many of these are GABA MODULATORS used as HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES, as ANESTHETICS, or as ANTICONVULSANTS.

History note

  • /adv eff-pois-tox was BARBITURATE TOXICOLOGY 1963-65

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001463

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