Anesthesia Pharmacology Chapter 1:  General Principles:  Overview and Introduction

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Barbiturates

Structural Analysis: 75% similar structures  
Pentobarbital sodium (Nembutal)

Thiopental sodium (Pentothal)

Butabarbital sodium (Butisol)

Thiamylal 

Amobarbital sodium

Katzung, B. G. "Basic Principles: Introduction" in Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, (Katzung, B. G., ed) Appleton-Lange, 1998, p.1-4

Stoelting, R.K., "Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Injected and Inhaled Drugs", in Pharmacology and Physiology in Anesthetic Practice, Lippincott-Raven Publishers, 1999, 1-17

3Dolin, S. J. "Drugs and pharmacology" in Total Intravenous Anesthesia, pp. 13-35 (Nicholas L. Padfield, ed), Butterworth Heinemann, Oxford, 2000

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