Aprobarbital

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Aprobarbital
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Clinical data
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ATC code N05CA05 (WHO)
Legal status
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Identifiers
Synonyms aprobarbital, Oramon, allylpropymal, Alurate, 5-isopropyl- 5-allylbarbituric acid
CAS Number 77-02-1 YesY
PubChem (CID) 6464
DrugBank DB01352 YesY
ChemSpider 6221 YesY
UNII Q0YKG9L6RF YesY
KEGG D00698 YesY
ChEBI CHEBI:2791 YesY
ChEMBL CHEMBL7863 YesY
ECHA InfoCard 100.000.908
Chemical and physical data
Formula C10H14N2O3
Molar mass 210.23 g/mol
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Aprobarbital (as known in the United States, or aprobarbitone (as known elsewhere), sold as Oramon, Somnifaine, and Allonal, is a barbiturate derivative invented in the 1920s by Ernst Preiswerk. It has sedative, hypnotic and anticonvulsant properties, and was used primarily for the treatment of insomnia.[1] Aprobarbital was never as widely used as more common barbiturate derivatives such as phenobarbital and is now rarely prescribed as it has been replaced by newer drugs with a better safety margin.

See also: Alphenal

References[edit]

  1. ^ Reddemann H, Turk E. Oramon poisoning in infancy and childhood. Observations on 12 aprobarbital poisonings (German). Das Deutsche Gesundheitswesen. 1966 May 12;21(19):878-81.