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Stereochemistry RACEMIC
Molecular Formula C11H16N2O3.Ca
Molecular Weight 264.334
Optical Activity ( + / - )
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 1
E/Z Centers 0
Charge 0

SHOW SMILES / InChI
Structure of CALCIUM PENTOBARBITAL

SMILES

[Ca++].CCCC(C)C1(CC)C([O-])=NC(=O)N=C1[O-]

InChI

InChIKey=AJZCPCVZCDQEFK-UHFFFAOYSA-L
InChI=1S/C11H18N2O3.Ca/c1-4-6-7(3)11(5-2)8(14)12-10(16)13-9(11)15;/h7H,4-6H2,1-3H3,(H2,12,13,14,15,16);/q;+2/p-2

HIDE SMILES / InChI

Molecular Formula Ca
Molecular Weight 40.078
Charge 2
Count
Stereochemistry ACHIRAL
Additional Stereochemistry No
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 0
E/Z Centers 0
Optical Activity NONE

Molecular Formula C11H16N2O3
Molecular Weight 224.2563
Charge -2
Count
Stereochemistry RACEMIC
Additional Stereochemistry No
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 1
E/Z Centers 0
Optical Activity ( + / - )

Pentobarbital belongs to the class of a short-acting barbiturate is used as sedatives, hypnotics, for the short-term treatment of insomnia, since they appear to lose their effectiveness for sleep induction and sleep maintenance after 2 weeks; preanesthetics and anticonvulsant, in anesthetic doses, in the emergency control of certain acute convulsive episodes, e.g., those associated with status epilepticus, cholera, eclampsia, meningitis, tetanus, and toxic reactions to strychnine or local anesthetics. Pentobarbital binds at a distinct binding site associated with a Cl- ionopore at the GABAA receptor, increasing the duration of time for which the Cl- ionopore is open. The post-synaptic inhibitory effect of GABA in the thalamus is, therefore, prolonged. All of these effects are associated with marked decreases in GABA-sensitive neuronal calcium conductance (gCa). The net result of barbiturate action is acute potentiation of inhibitory GABAergic tone. Barbiturates also act through potent (if less well characterized) and direct inhibition of excitatory AMPA-type glutamate receptors, resulting in a profound suppression of glutamatergic neurotransmission.

Originator

Curator's Comment: # Volwiler and Tabern (Abbott Laboratories)

Approval Year

Targets

Targets

Primary TargetPharmacologyConditionPotency
Conditions

Conditions

ConditionModalityTargetsHighest PhaseProduct
Primary
PENTOBARBITAL SODIUM

Approved Use

Parenteral a. Sedatives. b. Hypnotics, for the short-term treatment of insomnia, since they appear to lose their effectiveness for sleep induction and sleep maintenance after 2 weeks. c. Preanesthetics. d. Anticonvulsant, in anesthetic doses, in the emergency control of certain acute convulsive episodes, e.g., those associated with status epilepticus, cholera, eclampsia, meningitis, tetanus, and toxic reactions to strychnine or local anesthetics.

Launch Date

2016
Primary
PENTOBARBITAL SODIUM

Approved Use

Parenteral a. Sedatives. b. Hypnotics, for the short-term treatment of insomnia, since they appear to lose their effectiveness for sleep induction and sleep maintenance after 2 weeks. c. Preanesthetics. d. Anticonvulsant, in anesthetic doses, in the emergency control of certain acute convulsive episodes, e.g., those associated with status epilepticus, cholera, eclampsia, meningitis, tetanus, and toxic reactions to strychnine or local anesthetics.

Launch Date

2016
Primary
PENTOBARBITAL SODIUM

Approved Use

Parenteral a. Sedatives. b. Hypnotics, for the short-term treatment of insomnia, since they appear to lose their effectiveness for sleep induction and sleep maintenance after 2 weeks. c. Preanesthetics. d. Anticonvulsant, in anesthetic doses, in the emergency control of certain acute convulsive episodes, e.g., those associated with status epilepticus, cholera, eclampsia, meningitis, tetanus, and toxic reactions to strychnine or local anesthetics.

Launch Date

2016
Cmax

Cmax

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
1.15 μg/mL
50 mg single, intravenous
dose: 50 mg
route of administration: Intravenous
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
PENTOBARBITAL plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: FEMALE
food status: FASTED
AUC

AUC

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
8.2 μg × h/mL
50 mg single, intravenous
dose: 50 mg
route of administration: Intravenous
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
PENTOBARBITAL plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: FEMALE
food status: FASTED
T1/2

T1/2

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
50 h
50 mg single, intravenous
dose: 50 mg
route of administration: Intravenous
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
PENTOBARBITAL plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: FEMALE
food status: FASTED
Overview

Overview

CYP3A4CYP2C9CYP2D6hERG

OverviewOther

Other InhibitorOther SubstrateOther Inducer
Tox targets

Tox targets

TargetModalityActivityMetaboliteClinical evidence
Sourcing

Sourcing

Vendor/AggregatorIDURL
PubMed

PubMed

TitleDatePubMed
The combined effect of halothane-induced hypotension and hypocapnia on canine myocardial blood-flow and oxygen consumption.
1975 Aug
GABAA-receptor expressed from rat brain alpha- and beta-subunit cDNAs displays potentiation by benzodiazepine receptor ligands.
1990 Aug
Functional characteristics and sites of gene expression of the alpha 1, beta 1, gamma 2-isoform of the rat GABAA receptor.
1990 Jul
Luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone neurons express Fos protein during the proestrous surge of luteinizing hormone.
1990 Jul
Ischemic induction of protooncogene expression in gerbil brain.
1991
The early acquisition of two-way (shuttle-box) avoidance as an anxiety-mediated behavior: psychopharmacological validation.
1991 Jan
Ethanol sensitivity of the GABAA receptor expressed in Xenopus oocytes requires 8 amino acids contained in the gamma 2L subunit.
1991 Jul
Modulation of ornithine decarboxylase mRNA following transient ischemia in the gerbil brain.
1991 Nov
Transient ischemia stimulates glial fibrillary acid protein and vimentin gene expression in the gerbil neocortex, striatum and hippocampus.
1992 Apr
Amyloid precursor protein mRNA encoding the Kunitz protease inhibitor domain is increased by kainic acid-induced seizures in rat hippocampus.
1992 Dec
Changes of [3H]muscimol binding and GABA(A) receptor beta2-subunit mRNA level by tolerance to and withdrawal from pentobarbital in rats.
1999 Dec
GLUT1-deficiency: barbiturates potentiate haploinsufficiency in vitro.
1999 Dec
Anticonvulsants for soman-induced seizure activity.
1999 Mar-Apr
Treatment of pentobarbitol sodium (Nembutal) hyperactivity: a new approach.
2000 Mar
Neurologic outcomes of pediatric epileptic patients with pentobarbital coma.
2001 Sep
Inhibition of cardiac potassium currents by pentobarbital.
2002 Jan
Corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) downregulates the function of its receptor (CRF1) and induces CRF1 expression in hippocampal and cortical regions of the immature rat brain.
2002 Jul
Inactivation of the hepatic cytochrome P450 system by conditional deletion of hepatic cytochrome P450 reductase.
2003 Apr 11
Liver-specific deletion of the NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase gene: impact on plasma cholesterol homeostasis and the function and regulation of microsomal cytochrome P450 and heme oxygenase.
2003 Jul 11
Myoclonus and urinary retention following subarachnoid morphine injection in a dog.
2003 Oct
A single M1 residue in the beta2 subunit alters channel gating of GABAA receptor in anesthetic modulation and direct activation.
2003 Oct 31
Validation of a modified mirrored chamber sensitive to anxiolytics and anxiogenics in mice.
2003 Sep
Pentobarbital-mediated regulation of alternative polyadenylation in Drosophila glutathione S-transferase D21 mRNAs.
2004 Feb 6
Discriminative stimulus effects of ethanol in mice lacking the gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptor delta subunit.
2004 Jun
Monitoring expression of cytochrome P450 genes during postischemic rat liver reperfusion using DNA microarrays.
2005 Jan
Abnormalities in uridine homeostatic regulation and pyrimidine nucleotide metabolism as a consequence of the deletion of the uridine phosphorylase gene.
2005 Jun 3
Effect of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor epsilon1 subunit gene disruption of the action of general anesthetic drugs in mice.
2005 Mar
[Effects of intravenous anesthetics on acidosis induced apoptosis in primary brain cell culture].
2007 Aug
The lack of CB1 receptors prevents neuroadapatations of both NMDA and GABA(A) receptors after chronic ethanol exposure.
2007 Aug
Modulation of neuronal activity in CNS pain pathways following propofol administration in rats: Fos and EEG analysis.
2007 May
The differential effect of cyclosporine on hypnotic response and pain reaction in mice.
2007 Nov
Both orexin receptors are expressed in rat ovaries and fluctuate with the estrous cycle: effects of orexin receptor antagonists on gonadotropins and ovulation.
2007 Oct
mRNA Decay analysis in Drosophila melanogaster drug-induced changes in glutathione S-transferase D21 mRNA stability.
2008
[Expression of mRNA for corticoliberin and vasopressin in hypothalamus and amygdala on the background of administration of psychoactive drugs in rats].
2008 Jul-Aug
Evaluation of atrial fibrillation induced during anesthesia with fentanyl and pentobarbital in German Shepherd Dogs with inherited arrhythmias.
2008 Nov
The use of barbiturate coma as salvage therapy in a postoperative Jehovah's Witness patient with life-threatening anemia.
2009 Dec
Anesthetic pentobarbital inhibits proliferation and migration of malignant glioma cells.
2009 Sep 8
Intestinal microbiota regulate xenobiotic metabolism in the liver.
2009 Sep 9
Regulation of cytochrome P450 expression in Drosophila: Genomic insights.
2010 Jun 1
Patents

Sample Use Guides

Intramuscular Administration: IM injection of the sodium salts of barbiturates should be made deeply into a large muscle, and a volume of 5 mL should not be exceeded at any one site because of possible tissue irritation. After IM injection of a hypnotic dose, the patient's vital signs should be monitored. The usual adult dosage of Pentobarbital Sodium is 150 to 200 mg as a single IM injection; the recommended pediatric dosage ranges from 2 to 6 mg/kg as a single IM injection not to exceed 100 mg. Intravenous Administration: Pentobarbital Sodium should not be admixed with any other medication or solution. IV injection is restricted to conditions in which other routes are not feasible, either because the patient is unconscious (as in cerebral hemorrhage, eclampsia, or status epilepticus), or because the patient resists (as in delirium), or because prompt action is imperative. Slow IV injection is essential, and patients should be carefully observed during administration. This requires that blood pressure, respiration, and cardiac function be maintained, vital signs be recorded, and equipment for resuscitation and artificial ventilation be available. The rate of IV injection should not exceed 50 mg/min for Pentobarbital Sodium. There is no average intravenous dose of Pentobarbital Sodium that can be relied on to produce similar effects in different patients. The possibility of overdose and respiratory depression is remote when the drug is injected slowly in fractional doses. A commonly used initial dose for the 70 kg adult is 100 mg. Proportional reduction in dosage should be made for pediatric or debilitated patients. At least one minute is necessary to determine the full effect of intravenous pentobarbital. If necessary, additional small increments of the drug may be given up to a total of from 200 to 500 mg for normal adults.
Route of Administration: Other
It was studied the effects of pentobarbital on extracellular activity in ventrobasal thalamic slices. Pentobarbital at sedative-hypnotic concentration (20 microM) reversibly induced 1-15 Hz oscillations. Sustained oscillations required electrical stimulation of internal capsule, but not elevated temperature or low [Mg2+]. Anesthetic concentration (200 microM) of pentobarbital evoked only transient oscillations.
Substance Class Chemical
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Name Type Language
CALCIUM PENTOBARBITAL
Common Name English
2,4,6(1H,3H,5H)-PYRIMIDINETRIONE, 5-ETHYL-5-(1-METHYLBUTYL)-, CALCIUM SALT (1:1)
Common Name English
BARBITURIC ACID, 5-ETHYL-5-(1-METHYLBUTYL)-, CALCIUM SALT (1:1)
Common Name English
Code System Code Type Description
PUBCHEM
92043538
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FDA UNII
32I9YOC576
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CAS
3330-47-0
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