Family · Pharmaceutical analytical standards
Articaine
An amide-type local anaesthetic with an unusual sulphur-containing thiophene ring: first prepared in 1969, it has been used in Germany since 1976 and is now widespread in dentistry. This family brings together the active ingredient, pharmacopoeial impurities, nitrosamines and other impurities.
Did you know?It was originally called carticaine. Although it is an amide, it also contains an ester group that blood enzymes split quickly: its half-life is about half an hour.
No product matches your search.
EDQM standards 3
The official European Pharmacopoeia standards for this family.
Need a molecule you cannot find?
Custom synthesis of impurities, metabolites and labelled compounds, with the same characterisation level.
