Amylocaine
Encyclopedia
Amylocaine was the first synthetic local anesthetic
. It was synthesized and patented under the name Stovaine by Ernest Fourneau
at the Pasteur Institute
in 1903. It was formerly used mostly in spinal anesthesia.
Local anesthetic
A local anesthetic is a drug that causes reversible local anesthesia, generally for the aim of having local analgesic effect, that is, inducing absence of pain sensation, although other local senses are often affected as well...
. It was synthesized and patented under the name Stovaine by Ernest Fourneau
Ernest Fourneau
Ernest Fourneau was a French medicinal chemist, who played a major role in the discovery of synthetic local anesthetics, as well as in the synthesis of suramin...
at the Pasteur Institute
Pasteur Institute
The Pasteur Institute is a French non-profit private foundation dedicated to the study of biology, micro-organisms, diseases, and vaccines. It is named after Louis Pasteur, who made some of the greatest breakthroughs in modern medicine at the time, including pasteurization and vaccines for anthrax...
in 1903. It was formerly used mostly in spinal anesthesia.
External links
- http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/9/4/231
- http://sci-toys.com/scichem/jqp005/10766.html