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Meprobamate

analytical standard

Synonym(s):

2-Methyl-2-propylpropane-1,3-diol dicarbamate, MPB

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C9H18N2O4
CAS Number:
57-53-4
Molecular Weight:
218.25
EC Number:
200-337-5
MDL number:
MFCD00063428
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
PubChem Substance ID:
329817940
NACRES:
NA.24

grade

analytical standard

Quality Level

200

drug control

USDEA Schedule IV; Home Office Schedule 3; psychotrope (France); kontrollierte Droge in Deutschland; regulated under CDSA - not available from Sigma-Aldrich Canada; psicótropo (Spain); Decreto Lei 15/93: Tabela IV (Portugal)

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable
gas chromatography (GC): suitable

application(s)

cleaning products
cosmetics
food and beverages
forensics and toxicology
personal care
pharmaceutical (small molecule)
veterinary

format

neat

SMILES string

CCCC(C)(COC(N)=O)COC(N)=O

InChI

1S/C9H18N2O4/c1-3-4-9(2,5-14-7(10)12)6-15-8(11)13/h3-6H2,1-2H3,(H2,10,12)(H2,11,13)

InChI key

NPPQSCRMBWNHMW-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Gene Information

human ... GABRA1(2554) , GABRA2(2555) , GABRA3(2556) , GABRA4(2557) , GABRA5(2558) , GABRA6(2559) , GABRB1(2560) , GABRB2(2561) , GABRB3(2562) , GABRD(2563) , GABRE(2564) , GABRG1(2565) , GABRG2(2566) , GABRG3(2567) , GABRP(2568) , GABRQ(55879)

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Application

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Biochem/physiol Actions

Enhances GABAA receptor activity by increasing Cl− currents. At high concentrations, blocks NMDA glutamate receptor currents.

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Pictograms

Exclamation mark
GHS07

Signal Word

Warning

Hazard Statements

H302

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Certificates of Analysis (COA)

Lot/Batch Number
126F0690
124F0648

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Iain M McIntyre et al.
Journal of analytical toxicology, 36(3), 177-181 (2012-03-16)
Carisoprodol is a therapeutic and occasionally abused centrally acting muscle relaxant. We compare central blood and liver concentrations of carisoprodol and the metabolite meprobamate to concentrations in peripheral blood in 11 medical examiner cases. Specimens were initially screened for alcohol
Fabien Bévalot et al.
International journal of legal medicine, 125(3), 463-468 (2011-02-22)
The use of vitreous humor (VH) as an alternative matrix to blood in the field of forensic toxicology has been described for numerous drugs. Interpretation of drug concentrations measured in VH, as in other matrices, requires statistical analysis of a
Shane A Snyder et al.
Water science and technology : a journal of the International Association on Water Pollution Research, 61(1), 145-154 (2010-01-09)
The presence of pharmaceuticals and endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) in the environment raises many questions about risk to the environment and risk to human health. Researchers have attributed adverse ecological effect effects to the presence of these compounds, particularly EDCs
Arun Kumar et al.
Regulatory toxicology and pharmacology : RTP, 57(2-3), 146-156 (2010-02-16)
This study presents a step-wise development of a quantitative pharmaceutical risk assessment (QPhRA, hereafter) framework, including Monte Carlo uncertainty analysis for meprobamate, carbamazepine, and phenytoin during (1) accidental exposures of stream water and fish consumption and (2) direct ingestion of
Gudrun Høiseth et al.
European journal of clinical pharmacology, 68(11), 1561-1565 (2012-04-25)
Carisoprodol, a frequently used muscle relaxant, can cause potentially fatal intoxications. Conversion to its active metabolite meprobamate is almost solely mediated by cytochrome P450 2C19 (CYP2C19), and mutations in this enzyme could have significant effects on serum concentrations. The objective
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