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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Amino Acids > Aminobutyrates > gamma-Aminobutyric Acid > Vigabatrin
... > Lipids > Fatty Acids > Fatty Acids, Volatile > Butyrates > Aminobutyrates > gamma-Aminobutyric Acid > Vigabatrin
... > Organic Chemicals > Carboxylic Acids > Acids, Acyclic > Butyrates > Aminobutyrates > gamma-Aminobutyric Acid > Vigabatrin

Preferred term

Vigabatrin  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • gamma Vinyl GABA
  • gamma-Vinyl-GABA
  • gamma Vinyl gamma Aminobutyric Acid
  • gamma-Vinyl-gamma-Aminobutyric Acid

Scope note

  • An analogue of GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID. It is an irreversible inhibitor of 4-AMINOBUTYRATE TRANSAMINASE, the enzyme responsible for the catabolism of GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID and is used as an anticonvulsant. (From Martindale The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 31st ed)

History note

  • 2000; use VIGABATRIN 1977-1999

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D020888

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