Liquor made quicker: alcohol as a synthetic reagent for molecules in anesthesia

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 556-559

  Fragoza, Keith ^a   Alston, Theodore A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Albert Hofmann; Alfred Einhorn; August Kekul ; Charles Richet; Claude Bernard; Eduard Ritsert; Emil Fischer; Isabella Herb

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZOCAINE; BROMETHOL; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CHLORAL HYDRATE; CHLOROETHANE; CHLOROFORM; DIETHYLAMINE; ETHER; ETHYLENE; ETOMIDATE; PARALDEHYDE; PETHIDINE; PHENACETIN; PROCAINE; URETHAN;

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; ESTERIFICATION; HALOGENATION; LIQUID; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS; WINE;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANESTHETICS; BARBITURATES; BENZOCAINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CHLOROFORM; ETHANOL; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY;

EID: 56449130341     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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