amylobarbitonen.
Pharmacol.
A barbiturate drug, C11H18N2O3, with hypnotic and sedative properties, usu. given in tablet form (freq. as the faster-acting sodium salt); 5-ethyl-5-isopentylbarbituric acid. So amylobarbitone sodium. Cf. amobarbital n.
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barbituric acid1866
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barbiturate1928
sodium Amytal1929
allobarbitone1934
amylobarbitone sodium1945
Tuinal1949
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quinalbarbitone1951
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1945 Brit. Pharmaceut. Codex 1934 Suppl. 6 Amylobarbitone is 5-isoamyl-5-ethylbarbituric acid.
1949 Brit. Pharmaceut. Codex 92 Amylobarbitone sodium is the sodium derivative of amylobarbitone, and may be prepared by the action of sodium ethoxide on amylobarbitone.
1965 J. Pollitt Depression & its Treatm. iv. 57 A barbiturate (such as amylobarbitone sodium) is effective as premedication.
1989 J. A. B. Collier & J. M. Longmore Oxf. Handbk. Clin. Specialties (ed. 2) iv. 334 Hypnosis (or iv amylobarbitone) may be used to enable the patient to relive the stressful events.
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