Phenobarbital sodium salt
SIGMA/P5178
Synonym: 5-
CAS Number: 57-30-7
Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): C12H11N2NaO3
Molecular Weight: 254.22
EC Number: 200-322-3
MDL Number: MFCD00036211
Linear Formula: C12H11N2NaO3
Product Type: Chemical
| drug control | kontrollierte Droge in Deutschland |
| USDEA Schedule IV; Home Office Schedule 3; psychotrope (France); kontrollierte Droge in Deutschland; regulated under CDSA - not available from Sigma-Aldrich Canada; psicótropo (Spain); Decreto Lei 15/93: Tabela IV (Portugal); Pszichotróp anyag / Psychotropic Substance (Hungary), 78/2022. (XII. 28.) BM rendelet | |
| form | powder |
| InChI | 1S/C12H12N2O3.Na/c1-2-12( |
| InChI key | WRLGYAWRGXKSKG-UHFFFAOYSA |
| originator | Bayer |
| Quality Level | 200 ![]() |
| SMILES string | [Na+].CCC1(C(=O)NC([O-])= |
| solubility | ethanol: 100 mg/mL |
| H2O: 1 g/mL |
| Application: | Phenobarbital sodium salt has been used: • to anesthetize mice for inducing ischemia-reperfusion injury • as a positive control for the activation of constitutive androstane receptor (CAR) • in bioluminescent yeast bioreporters (BLYAS) assay |
| Biochem/physiol Actions: | Phenobarbital, a substituted barbituric acid is an antileptic drug and is not easily eliminated from circulation. It hyperpolarizes the synaptic neuronal membranes by favoring the activation of neuronal postsynaptic GABAA receptors by γ aminobutyric acid (GABA). Phenobarbital is also effective in treating neonatal seizures and status epilepticus. |
| Biochem/physiol Actions: | Sedative; hypnotic; anticonvulsant; enhances GABAergic activity. |
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| Legal Information: | German Dieses Produkt fällt unter das Betäubungsmittelgesetz (BtMG). Für eine Bestellung dieses Produktes ist eine Erlaubnis nach § 3 BtMG zwingend erforderlich, es sei denn, es greift eine Ausnahme von der Erlaubnispflicht nach § 4 oder § 26 BtMG. English This product is subject to the German Narcotics Act. A permit under Section 3 of the German Narcotics Act is mandatory for ordering this product unless an exemption from the permit requirement under Section 4 or Section 26 of the German Narcotics Act applies. |
| Symbol | ![]() GHS06,GHS08 |
| Signal word | Danger |
| Hazard statements | H301 - H317 - H351 |
| Precautionary statements | P280 - P301 + P310 |
| Hazard Codes | T |
| Risk Statements | 25-40-43 |
| Safety Statements | 22-36/37/39-45 |
| RIDADR | UN 2811 6.1 / PGIII |
| Flash Point(F) | Not applicable |
| Flash Point(C) | Not applicable |
| UNSPSC | 12352202 |



