amylobarbitone, n. Pharm.
(ˌæmɪləʊˈbɑːbɪtəʊn)
[f. amylo- + barbitone n.]
A barbiturate drug, C11H18N2O3 , with hypnotic and sedative properties, usu. given in tablet form (freq. as the faster-acting sodium salt); 5-ethyl-5-isopentylbarbituric acid. So amylobarbitone sodium. Cf. *amobarbital n.
| 1945 Brit. Pharmaceutical Codex 1934 Suppl. 6 Amylobarbitone is 5-isoamyl-5-ethylbarbituric acid. 1949 Brit. Pharmaceutical Codex 92 Amylobarbitone sodium is the sodium derivative of amylobarbitone, and may be prepared by the action of sodium ethoxide on amylobarbitone. 1965 J. Pollitt Depression & its Treatment iv. 57 A barbiturate (such as amylobarbitone sodium) is effective as premedication. 1989 Collier & Longmore Oxf. Handbk. Clin. Specialties (ed. 2) iv. 334 Hypnosis (or iv amylobarbitone) may be used to enable the patient to relive the stressful events. |