Structured Summary
Abstract
An anticonvulsant especially useful in the treatment of absence seizures unaccompanied by other types of seizures.
Chemical Identity
Chemical Information
- Molecular Formula
- C7H11NO2
- Molecular Weight
- 141.17 g/mol
- CAS Registry No.
- 77-67-8
- IUPAC Name
- 3-ethyl-3-methylpyrrolidine-2,5-dione
- InChIKey
- HAPOVYFOVVWLRS-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- SMILES
- CCC1(CC(=O)NC1=O)C
- MeSH Unique ID
- D005013
- Source
- PubChem CID 3291
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Synonyms
11 entry terms
- Ethosuccimid
- Ethylmethylsuccimide
- Emeside
- Ethymal
- Etosuximida Faes
- Petnidan
- Pyknolepsinum
- Suksilep
- Suxilep
- Zarontin
- Faes, Etosuximida
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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analogs & derivatives, 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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References
- National Library of Medicine. Ethosuximide. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005013. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005013
- Ethosuximide. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethosuximide
- Ethosuximide. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q421567
- Ethosuximide. In: PubChem Compound. CID 3291. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/3291