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Pyrimidinedione vs Primidone - What's the difference?

pyrimidinedione | primidone |

As nouns the difference between pyrimidinedione and primidone

is that pyrimidinedione is any of a class of chemical compounds characterized by a pyrimidine ring substituted with two carbonyl groups while primidone is an anticonvulsant of the pyrimidinedione class whose active metabolites, phenobarbital and phenylethylmalonamide, are also anticonvulsants.

pyrimidinedione

English

Noun

(en noun) (wikipedia pyrimidinedione)
  • (chemistry) Any of a class of chemical compounds characterized by a pyrimidine ring substituted with two carbonyl groups.

    • primidone

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia primidone)
  • An anticonvulsant of the pyrimidinedione class whose active metabolites, phenobarbital and phenylethylmalonamide, are also anticonvulsants.