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Preferred term

Phencyclidine  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A hallucinogen formerly used as a veterinary anesthetic, and briefly as a general anesthetic for humans. Phencyclidine is similar to KETAMINE in structure and in many of its effects. Like ketamine, it can produce a dissociative state. It exerts its pharmacological action through inhibition of NMDA receptors (RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE). As a drug of abuse, it is known as PCP and Angel Dust.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • 1-(1-Phenylcyclohexyl)piperidine
  • 2981-31-9 (HBr)
  • 77-10-1 (Phencyclidine)
  • 956-90-1 (Phencyclidine Hydrochloride)
  • Angel Dust
  • J1DOI7UV76
  • Piperidine, 1-(1-phenylcyclohexyl)-
  • V1JZQ7GDTX

In other languages

  • French

  • 2981-31-9 (HBr)
  • 77-10-1 (Phencyclidine)
  • 956-90-1 (Phencyclidine Hydrochloride)
  • J1DOI7UV76
  • Phéncyclidine
  • Piperidine, 1-(1-phenylcyclohexyl)-
  • V1JZQ7GDTX

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-N000KL24-M

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