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Methyl benzoate can be isolated from the freshwater fern Salvinia molesta. [3] It is one of many compounds that is attractive to males of various species of orchid bees, which apparently gather the chemical to synthesize pheromones; it is commonly used as bait to attract and collect these bees for study.
Givinostat, sold under the brand name Duvyzat is a medication used for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. [1] [2] It is a histone deacetylase inhibitor with potential anti-inflammatory, anti-angiogenic, and antineoplastic activities. [3]
Meprobamate—marketed as Miltown by Wallace Laboratories and Equanil by Wyeth, among others—is a carbamate derivative used as an anxiolytic drug. It was the best-selling minor tranquilizer for a time, but has largely been replaced by the benzodiazepines due to their wider therapeutic index (lower risk of toxicity at therapeutically prescribed doses) and lower incidence of serious side effects.
Methyl bromoacetate is an alkylating agent. It has been used to alkylate phenol and amino groups. [4] [5] Moreover, it can be used to make vitamins and pharmaceutical drugs. It is commonly used as a reagent in chemical modification of histidine. [2] In addition, methyl bromoacetate also use in synthesize of coumarins and cis-cyclopropane.
Felbamate (marketed under the brand name Felbatol by MedPointe) is an anticonvulsant [2] used in the treatment of epilepsy.It is used to treat partial seizures [3] [4] (with and without generalization) in adults and partial and generalized seizures associated with Lennox–Gastaut syndrome in children.
4-Bromobenzaldehyde, or p-bromobenzaldehyde, is an organobromine compound with the formula BrC 6 H 4 CHO. It is one of three isomers of bromobenzaldehyde . [ 3 ] It displays reactivity characteristic of benzaldehyde and an aryl bromide .
Ethyl bromoacetate is listed by the World Health Organization as a riot control agent, and was first employed for that purpose by French police in 1912. [4] The French army used rifle grenades 'grenades lacrymogènes' [5] filled with this gas against the Germans beginning in August 1914, but the weapons were largely ineffective, even though ethyl bromoacetate is twice as toxic as chlorine.
Flunarizine is a selective calcium antagonist with moderate other actions including antihistamine, serotonin receptor blocking and dopamine D 2 blocking activity. Compared to other calcium channel blockers such as dihydropyridine derivatives, verapamil and diltiazem, flunarizine has low affinity to voltage-dependent calcium channels.