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Descriptions

Ketamine is a general dissociative anaesthetic for human and veterinary use. Its hydrochloride salt is sold as Ketanest ®, Ketaset ®, and Ketalar ®. Pharmacologically it is very similar to other dissociative anesthetics such as tiletamine and phencyclidine (PCP). As with many other pharmaceuticals, ketamine is used extramedically as a recreational drug. Ketamine is a chiral compound, with two distinct enantiomers. Most pharmaceutical ketamine preparations are racemic, however reportedly some brands have (mostly undocumented) differences in enantiomeric proportions. Copyright Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ for details. Source: Wikipedia, Ketamine (Wikipedia)

A cyclohexanone derivative used for induction of anesthesia. Its mechanism of action is not well understood, but ketamine can block NMDA receptors (RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE) and may interact with sigma receptors. Source: National Library of Medicine, MeSH 2006

Basic Part Properties

Part Display Name
Ketamine
Part Type
Component (Describes the core component or analyte measured)
Created On
2000-05-04
Construct for LOINC Short Name
Ketamine

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Tag Language Translation
zh-CN Chinese (China) 氯胺酮
Synonyms: 克他命;开他敏
fr-CA French (Canada) Kétamine
et-EE Estonian (Estonia) Ketamiin
es-ES Spanish (Spain) Ketamina
it-IT Italian (Italy) Ketamina
tr-TR Turkish (Turkey) Ketamin
ru-RU Russian (Russian Federation) Кетамин
nl-NL Dutch (Netherlands) ketamine
fr-BE French (Belgium) Kétamine