Chemicals and Drugs

Carbamates

Derivatives of carbamic acid, H2NC(=O)OH. Included under this heading are N-substituted and O-substituted carbamic acids. In general carbamate esters are referred to as urethanes, and polymers that include repeating units of carbamate are referred to as POLYURETHANES. Note however that polyurethanes are derived from the polymerization of ISOCYANATES and the singular term URETHANE refers to the ethyl ester of carbamic acid.

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Derivatives of carbamic acid, H2NC(=O)OH. Included under this heading are N-substituted and O-substituted carbamic acids. In general carbamate esters are referred to as urethanes, and polymers that include repeating units of carbamate are referred to as POLYURETHANES. Note however that polyurethanes are derived from the polymerization of ISOCYANATES and the singular term URETHANE refers to the ethyl ester of carbamic acid.

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  • Carbamate
  • Aminoformic Acids
  • Carbamic Acids
  • Acids, Aminoformic
  • Acids, Carbamic

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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.

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TYBAMATE was heading 1965-84 (Prov 1965-72)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Carbamates. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002219. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002219
  2. Carbamates. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbamate
  3. Carbamates. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q422899