HYDROCARBONS OF PHARMACEUTICAL IMPORTANCE

Valproic acid

used to treat seizure disorders, mental/mood conditions (such as manic phase of bipolar disorder)

Amobarbital

sedative-hypnotic

Valproic acid

seizures common in children: absence seizures (this is one of the most effective medicines for these brief staring spells)

Propyl substituent

pentanoic acid

Barbiturates

Amobarbital is what class of drug

Phencyclidine

also known as angel dust

Phencyclidine

dissociative hallucinogenic drug used for its mind-altering effects

phenylcyclohexyl piperidine

Phencyclidine is also known as

Piperidine

in which the nitrogen is substituted with a 1-phenylcyclohexyl group.

Ethosuximide

dicarboximide or dicarboxamide

Petit mal seizure

blank out/stare into space for a few seconds

Secobarbital

anaesthetic, anticonvulsant, anxiolytic, sedative, and hypnotic

Secobarbital

considered to be an obsolete sedative-hypnotic (sleeping pill), and as a result, it has largely been replaced by the benzodiazepine

Diethylstilbestrol

a synthetic, nonsteroidal form of estrogen

Diethylstilbestrol

well-known teratogen and carcinogen

Diethylstilbestrol

synthetic form of estrogen (xenoestrogen-estrogen mimicking compounds) trans-hex-3-ene

Vinyl chloride

manufacture of poly (vinyl chloride)—PVC

Stilbene

manufacture of dyes and optical brighteners, and also as a phosphor (luminescence) and a scintillator

Stilbene

phenolic compounds that contain two phenyl groups connected by 2-carbon methylene bridge

Allylisopropylacetamide

acts as a suicide inactivator of CYTOCHROME P450 by covalently binding to its heme moiety or surrounding protein

CYP P450

hemeprotein that plays a key role in the metabolism of drugs and other xenobiotics

Xenobiotics

chemical substances found within an organism THAT IS NOT NATURALLY PRODUCED OR EXPECTED TO BE PRESENT within the organism.

Fluroxene

is a volatile, inhalational anesthetic, and was the first halogenated hydrocarbon anesthetic to be introduced

Ponatinib

Oral drug developed by ARIAD Pharmaceuticals for the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML).

Efavirenz

It is in a class of medications called NNRTIs.