Anesthetic potencies of n-alkanols: Results of additivity and solubility studies suggest a mechanism of action similar to that for conventional inhaled anesthetics

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1042-1048

  Fang, Zexu ^a   Ionescu, Pompiliu ^a   Chortkoff, Ben S ^a   Kandel, Lori ^a   Sonner, James ^a   Laster, Michael J ^a   Eger II, Edmond I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 METHYLPYRAZOLE; ALCOHOL; ALKANOL; BUTANOL; DESFLURANE; HEXANOL; METHANOL; OCTANOL; OLIVE OIL;

ANESTHESIA MECHANISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG POTENTIATION; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIPID SOLUBILITY; MALE; MINIMUM LUNG ALVEOLUS CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0031003762     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/00000539-199705000-00017     Document Type: Article

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