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Barbiturate vs Barbital - What's the difference?

barbiturate | barbital |

As nouns the difference between barbiturate and barbital

is that barbiturate is any salt or ester of barbituric acid while barbital is the first commercially marketed barbiturate, used as a hypnotic drug until the mid-1950s.

barbiturate

English

Alternative forms

* barbituate

Noun

(en noun)
  • (organic compound) Any salt or ester of barbituric acid.
  • (pharmacology) Any of derivatives of barbituric acid that act as depressants of the central nervous system and are used as sedatives or hypnotics.
  • See also

    * amphetamine

    barbital

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia barbital)
  • The first commercially marketed barbiturate, used as a hypnotic drug until the mid-1950s.
  • Synonyms

    * barbitone * diethylbarbituric acid * diethylmalonyl urea