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Stereochemistry ACHIRAL
Molecular Formula C8H13NO2
Molecular Weight 155.1943
Optical Activity NONE
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 0
E/Z Centers 0
Charge 0

SHOW SMILES / InChI
Structure of BEMEGRIDE

SMILES

CCC1(C)CC(=O)NC(=O)C1

InChI

InChIKey=ORRZGUBHBVWWOP-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI=1S/C8H13NO2/c1-3-8(2)4-6(10)9-7(11)5-8/h3-5H2,1-2H3,(H,9,10,11)

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Description
Curator's Comment: Description was created based on several sources, including http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/68001534 and http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/13489272

Bemegride is a CNS stimulant that is used to induce convulsions in experimental animals. It has also been used as a respiratory stimulant and in the treatment of barbiturate overdose. Bemegride is an antidote for barbiturate poisoning. Bemegride has being shown to have an antagonistic action on the GABAA receptor.

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Approval Year

Targets

Targets

Primary TargetPharmacologyConditionPotency
Conditions
Doses

Doses

DosePopulationAdverse events​
14 g 1 times / 4 min multiple, intravenous (total)
Highest studied dose
Dose: 14 g, 1 times / 4 min
Route: intravenous
Route: multiple
Dose: 14 g, 1 times / 4 min
Co-administed with::
amiphenazole, i.v(4.2 g, total for 4 days)
Sources: Page: p.758
unhealthy, 58
n = 1
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: Barbiturate poisoning
Age Group: 58
Sex: F
Population Size: 1
Sources: Page: p.758
Sourcing

Sourcing

Vendor/AggregatorIDURL
PubMed

PubMed

TitleDatePubMed
Anti-convulsant effect of phthalazino-2,3b-phthalazine-5(14H),12(7h)-dione (L-5418). I. Behavioral effect.
1978 Feb
Decreased convulsant potency of picrotoxin and pentetrazol and enhanced [3H]flunitrazepam cortical binding following stressful manipulations in rats.
1980 May 12
[Behavioral pharmacology of mianserin hydrochloride, a new antidepressant (author's transl)].
1980 Sep
Pharmacological studies on a new dihydrothienopyridine calcium antagonist, S-312-d. 5th communication: anticonvulsant effects in mice.
1994 Jun
[Changes in energy metabolism in the brain of bemegride-kindled rabbits].
2002
Binding characteristics of levetiracetam to synaptic vesicle protein 2A (SV2A) in human brain and in CHO cells expressing the human recombinant protein.
2006 Apr 24
Changes of serum adrenocorticotropic hormone and cortisol levels during sleep seizures.
2008 Apr
Bemegride lengthens seizure duration during electric convulsive therapy in a schizophrenic patient with increased seizure threshold.
2009 Mar
Patents

Sample Use Guides

For the treatment of barbiturate poisoning - 10 ml (50 mg) of bemegride, being injected every three to five minutes
Route of Administration: Intravenous
In Vitro Use Guide
Bemegride (200 uM) together with phenobarbitone (500 uM) reduced the increase in the amplitude of the GABA currents in murine spinal neurones.
Name Type Language
BEMEGRIDE
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INN  
Official Name English
bemegride [INN]
Common Name English
BEMEGRIDE [MART.]
Common Name English
Bemegride [WHO-DD]
Common Name English
MEGIMIDE
Brand Name English
BEMEGRIDE [JAN]
Common Name English
3-ETHYL-3-METHYLGLUTARIMIDE
Systematic Name English
BEMEGRIDE [MI]
Common Name English
MEGIBAL
Brand Name English
NSC-58187
Code English
Classification Tree Code System Code
WHO-ATC R07AB05
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WHO-VATC QR07AB05
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NCI_THESAURUS C47795
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Code System Code Type Description
EPA CompTox
DTXSID0045250
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NCI_THESAURUS
C76617
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ECHA (EC/EINECS)
200-588-0
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PUBCHEM
2310
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EVMPD
SUB05691MIG
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NSC
58187
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DRUG CENTRAL
3013
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SMS_ID
100000086119
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CAS
64-65-3
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INN
511
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FDA UNII
57DQA39DO2
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MERCK INDEX
m2299
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MESH
D001534
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WIKIPEDIA
Bemegride
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ChEMBL
CHEMBL1214192
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DRUG BANK
DB13740
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