Concept information
Preferred term
Valproic Acid
Type
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Definition
- A fatty acid with anticonvulsant and anti-manic properties that is used in the treatment of EPILEPSY and BIPOLAR DISORDER. The mechanisms of its therapeutic actions are not well understood. It may act by increasing GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID levels in the brain or by altering the properties of VOLTAGE-GATED SODIUM CHANNELS.
Broader concept
Entry terms
- 2-Propylpentanoic Acid
- 56CCK4F86G
- 5VOM6GYJ0D
- 614OI1Z5WI
- 644VL95AO6
- 76584-70-8 (Na salt (2:1))
- 99-66-1 (Valproic Acid)
- Divalproex
- Pentanoic acid, 2-propyl-
- Q400352CM2
Allowable Qualifier(s)
- administration & dosage (Qualifier)
- adverse effects (Qualifier)
- agonists (Qualifier)
- analogs & derivatives (Qualifier)
- analysis (Qualifier)
- antagonists & inhibitors (Qualifier)
- blood (Qualifier)
- cerebrospinal fluid (Qualifier)
- chemical synthesis (Qualifier)
- chemistry (Qualifier)
- classification (Qualifier)
- economics (Qualifier)
- history (Qualifier)
- immunology (Qualifier)
- isolation & purification (Qualifier)
- metabolism (Qualifier)
- pharmacokinetics (Qualifier)
- pharmacology (Qualifier)
- poisoning (Qualifier)
- radiation effects (Qualifier)
- standards (Qualifier)
- supply & distribution (Qualifier)
- therapeutic use (Qualifier)
- toxicity (Qualifier)
- urine (Qualifier)
Pharmacological Action(s)
In other languages
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French
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56CCK4F86G
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5VOM6GYJ0D
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614OI1Z5WI
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644VL95AO6
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76584-70-8 (Na salt (2:1))
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99-66-1 (Valproic Acid)
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Acide 2-propyl-pentanoïque
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Acide 2-propylpentanoïque
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Pentanoic acid, 2-propyl-
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Q400352CM2
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-NH16BPHN-8
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