Concept information
Preferred term
Phenobarbital
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- Acid, Phenylethylbarbituric
- Phenemal
- Phenobarbitone
- Phenylbarbital
- Phenylethylbarbituric Acid
Scope note
- A barbituric acid derivative that acts as a nonselective central nervous system depressant. It potentiates GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID action on GABA-A RECEPTORS, and modulates chloride currents through receptor channels. It also inhibits glutamate induced depolarizations.
In other languages
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Finnish
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fenobarbitaali
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phenemalum
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phenobarbitalum
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D010634
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