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Preferred term

Valproic Acid  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

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

In other languages

  • French

  • 56CCK4F86G
  • 5VOM6GYJ0D
  • 614OI1Z5WI
  • 644VL95AO6
  • 76584-70-8 (Na salt (2:1))
  • 99-66-1 (Valproic Acid)
  • Acide 2-propyl-pentanoïque
  • Acide 2-propylpentanoïque
  • Pentanoic acid, 2-propyl-
  • Q400352CM2

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-NH16BPHN-8

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