Phenobarbital |
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| Gardenal; Hysteps; Luminal; Phenobarbital Sodium; Phenobarbital, Monosodium Salt; Phenylethylbarbituric Acid; Acid, Phenylethylbarbituric; Monosodium Salt Phenobarbital; Sodium, Phenobarbital | |
| A barbituric acid derivative that acts as a nonselective central nervous system depressant. It promotes binding to inhibitory GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID subtype receptors, and modulates chloride currents through receptor channels. It also inhibits glutamate induced depolarizations. | |