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Propofol MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Propofol
Tree Number(s)
D02.455.426.559.389.657.773
Unique ID
D015742
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015742
Scope Note
An intravenous anesthetic agent which has the advantage of a very rapid onset after infusion or bolus injection plus a very short recovery period of a couple of minutes. (From Smith and Reynard, Textbook of Pharmacology, 1992, 1st ed, p206). Propofol has been used as ANTICONVULSANTS and ANTIEMETICS.
Entry Term(s)
2,6-Bis(1-methylethyl)phenol
2,6-Diisopropylphenol
Aquafol
Diprivan
Disoprivan
Disoprofol
Fresofol
ICI-35,868
ICI-35868
Ivofol
Propofol Abbott
Propofol Fresenius
Propofol MCT
Propofol Rovi
Propofol-Lipuro
Recofol
Pharm Action
Hypnotics and Sedatives
Anesthetics, Intravenous
Related Numbers
2078-54-8
CAS Type 1 Name
Phenol, 2,6-bis(1-methylethyl)-
Previous Indexing
Analgesics, Narcotic (1975-1989)
Anesthetics (1966-1989)
Phenols (1966-1989)
Sedatives, Nonbarbiturate (1975-1989)
See Also
Propofol Infusion Syndrome
Public MeSH Note
90
History Note
90
Date Established
1990/01/01
Date of Entry
1989/06/08
Revision Date
2017/05/24
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