Anesthesia Pharmacology Chapter 1:  General Principles: Overview and Introduction
 
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Chirality (stereoisomerism)

 

2-Propanol

2-Butanol

S-2-butanol

R-2-butanol

S-Lactic Acid

R-Lactic Acid

S-Valine

R-Valine

  • GABA: A major inhibitory amino acid whose receptor is a likely target for anesthetic drugs

  • Glycine: An inhibitory amino acid whose receptor is a likely target for anesthetic drugs

 

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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