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    Amyl nitrite is a chemical compound with the formula C5H11ONO. A variety of isomers are known, but they all feature an amyl group attached to the nitrite...
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  • Poppers (redirect from Nitrite inhalant)
    inhalation. Amyl nitrite was originally prescribed in the late 1800s for the medical management of angina. Many analogues exist, such as isoamyl nitrite, isopentyl...
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    2021 and 2024. The band takes its name from the Australian slang for amyl nitrite, also known as poppers. Taylor compared their music to the drug in an...
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    potassium nitrite with that of amyl and ethyl nitrites and concluded that the similarity of action depends on the conversion of organic nitrites to nitrous...
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  • The nitrite ion has the chemical formula NO− 2. Nitrite (mostly sodium nitrite) is widely used throughout chemical and pharmaceutical industries. The nitrite...
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    Cyclohexyl nitrite is an organic compound, with formula C6H11NO2. It is the ester of cyclohexanol and nitrous acid, i.e. it is an alkyl nitrite. Like amyl nitrite...
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    "ignition improver" (cetane improver) by accelerating the ignition of fuel. Amyl nitrite – a similarly named chemical used to treat heart diseases and cyanide...
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    fruity odor. Another frequently encountered nitrite is amyl nitrite (3-methylbutyl nitrite). Alkyl nitrites were initially, and largely still are, used...
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    those two processes.: 705  One antidote for cyanide poisoning, nitrite (i.e., via amyl nitrite), works by converting ferrohemoglobin to ferrihemoglobin, which...
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  • Record in the GESTIS Substance Database of the Institute for Occupational Safety and Health "Metabocard for Amyl Nitrite". Human Metabolome Database. v t e...
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    odorizers. In the U.S., originally marketed as a prescription drug in 1937, amyl nitrite remained so until 1960, when the Food and Drug Administration removed...
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  • by the common non-systematic name amyl Amyl nitrite, used to treat heart diseases and cyanide poisoning (known as Amyl when used as a recreational drug)...
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  • seconds in the blood. Standard pharmaceuticals such as nitroglycerine and amyl nitrite are precursors to nitric oxide. Low levels of nitric oxide production...
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    anesthetic agents, especially prilocaine and benzocaine. Amyl nitrite, chloroquine, dapsone, nitrates, nitrites, nitroglycerin, nitroprusside, phenacetin, phenazopyridine...
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    Butyl nitrite is the organic compound with the formula CH3(CH2)3ONO. It is an alkyl nitrite made from n-butanol. Butyl nitrite is used recreationally as...
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    blue: a treatment for severe methaemoglobinaemia secondary to misuse of amyl nitrite". Emergency Medicine Journal. 19 (3): 270–271. doi:10.1136/emj.19.3.270...
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    loudness of the murmur with HOCM. Post ectopic potentiation Inhaled amyl nitrite. This is a vasodilator that diminishes systolic murmurs in left-to-right...
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  • The chemical compound ethyl nitrite is an alkyl nitrite with a chemical formula C2H5NO2. It may be prepared from ethanol. It is used as a reagent with...
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    nitrite is an organic compound with the chemical formula CH 3ONO. It is a gas, and is the simplest alkyl nitrite. At room temperature, methyl nitrite...
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    nitrite (or 2-propyl nitrite) is an alkyl nitrite made from isopropanol. It is a clear pale yellow oil that is insoluble in water. Isopropyl nitrite is...
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  • Isobutyl nitrite, C4H9NO2, is an alkyl nitrite, an ester of isobutanol and nitrous acid. Its chemical structure is (CH3)2CH-CH2-ONO. Isobutyl nitrite is a...
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  • Acetone, an effective solvent although it may damage plastics. Amyl nitrite and other nitrites marketed as video head cleaners. Xylene, an effective solvent...
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    mix, are commonly known as "gelatins". Following the discovery that amyl nitrite helped alleviate chest pain, the physician William Murrell experimented...
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    myocardial infarction, acute pulmonary oedema. This class of drug, to which amyl nitrite also belongs, is known as nitrovasodilators. The two areas of concerns...
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    to alcohol. He also "found solace in drugs, particularly cocaine and amyl nitrite" and experimented with pornography. After a bout with cirrhosis due to...
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    "rockin' and rollin'", "hammerheading", or "trail mix". Mixing it with amyl nitrite, another vasodilator, is particularly dangerous and potentially fatal...
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    Pentyl group (redirect from Amyl group)
    the alkane pentane. In older literature, the common non-systematic name amyl was often used for the pentyl group. Conversely, the name pentyl was used...
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  • atypical method. Specific causes include the use of chemicals such as amyl nitrite, GHB, or nitrous oxide, and props and tools such as knives, oversized...
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    homosexuality and pederasty; pornographic and stag films; capsules of amyl nitrite; a dildo; a two-by-four with two holes drilled into each end; bottles...
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    night of 5 April 1964, prior to having sex with Ekland, Sellers inhaled amyl nitrite (poppers) as a sexual stimulant in his search for "the ultimate orgasm"...
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