SEDATIVES
\sˈɛdətˌɪvz], \sˈɛdətˌɪvz], \s_ˈɛ_d_ə_t_ˌɪ_v_z]\
Definitions of SEDATIVES
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Drugs used to induce drowsiness or sleep or to reduce psychological excitement or anxiety.
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Medicines which directly depress the vital forces, and which are consequently employed whenever it is necessary to diminish preternaturally increased action. The chief reputed sedatives are: Acidum Hydrocyanicum, Acidum Hydro-sulphuricum, Tabacum, Missio Sanguinis, and certain gases by inhalation, as azote, carbonic acid[?], carburetted and sulphuretted hydrogen.
By Robley Dunglison
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Dopamine Acetyltransferase
- An enzyme that catalyzes the of groups from acetyl-CoA to arylamines. They have wide specificity for aromatic amines, particularly serotonin, and can also catalyze acetyl transfer between arylamines without CoA. EC 2.3.1.5.