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Heterocyclic Compounds > Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring > Piperidines > Phencyclidine

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Phencyclidine  

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Entry terms

  • 1-(1-Phenylcyclohexyl)piperidine
  • Angel Dust
  • Dust, Angel

Scope note

  • A hallucinogen formerly used as a veterinary anesthetic, and briefly as a general anesthetic for humans. Phencyclidine is similar to KETAMINE in structure and in many of its effects. Like ketamine, it can produce a dissociative state. It exerts its pharmacological action through inhibition of NMDA receptors (RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE). As a drug of abuse, it is known as PCP and Angel Dust.

History note

  • 73(64); was see under PIPERIDINES 1969-72; was see under PIPERIDINES & ANESTHETICS 1968; was see under ANESTHETICS 1967

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D010622

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