Articaine

Articaine is a dental local anesthetic known for its rapid onset and intermediate duration of action, commonly used for infiltration and nerve block anesthesia in dentistry. It includes a thiophene ring, which increases its lipid solubility and potency. It is grouped under the following drug class(es): Amide local anesthetics. Its therapeutic use is listed as anesthetics. The directory classifies it as a commercial API with a synthetic source/manufacturing origin. Other names for this substance include Articaina, Articainum, Carticain, Orabloc and Ultacan. Its PubChem CID is 32170.

CAS No 23964-58-1
Molecular Formula C13H20N2O3S
Molecular Weight 284.36 g/mol
Synonyms methyl 4-methyl-3-[2-(propylamino)propanoylamino]thiophene-2-carboxylate

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