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Record 1 2012-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Medication
Universal entry(ies)
C8H11N2NaO3
formula, see observation
144-02-5
CAS number
OBS

Sodium salt of barbital, appears in the form of bitter crystals or of a powder, is used as a sedative, a hypnotic. Caution: May be habit forming. A controlled substance (depressant) listed in the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations.

CONT

No person shall barter, sell, dispense, or give away any veronal, veronal sodium, barbital, barbital sodium, brominyl and barbital, luminal or luminal-sodium, except under the prescription of a physician duly licensed to practice ...

OBS

barbital sodium: International nonproprietary name (INN) of the World Health Organization (WHO).

OBS

Chemical formula: C8H11N2NaO3

Key term(s)
  • veronal-sodium

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Médicaments
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
C8H11N2NaO3
formula, see observation
144-02-5
CAS number
DEF

Dérivé sodique du [barbital, ], soluble dans l'eau.

OBS

barbital sodique : dénomination commune internationale (DCI) de l'Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS).

OBS

Formule chimique : C8H11N2NaO3

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
  • Medicamentos
Entrada(s) universal(es)
C8H11N2NaO3
formula, see observation
144-02-5
CAS number
OBS

Fórmula química: C8H11N2NaO3

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