amylobarbitone

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amylobarbitone

Amobarbital, a BARBITURATE drug used for the short-term treatment of insomnia. Brand names are Amytal and Sodium Amytal.

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TABLE 2 [ED.sub.50] values for several barbiturate anaesthetics (tadpole and mouse data) Drug [ED.sub.50] molarity (mM) Thiopentone 0.03 Secobarbitone 0.08 Pentobarbitone 0.16 Hexobarbitone 0.16 Amylobarbitone 0.44 Butobarbitone 0.56 Phenobarbitone 3.30 Barbitone 14.6 Pentobarbitone ([section]) 0.14 (plasma) 0.16 (brain) Data from Firestone et al (13) (1986), with permission.