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Summary Of: 1,4-Butanediol

1,4-Butanediol is used industrially as a... 1,4-butanediol is used for the synthesis of... World production of 1,4-Butanediol is about one million metric tons per year and market price is about 2... Anecdotal reports indicate that 1,4-butanediol produces a strong toxic feeling not present with GHB when ingested... 1,4-Butanediol is converted into GHB by the enzymes... and 1,4-butanediol often present with symptoms of... initially and as the ethanol is metabolized the 1,4-butanediol is then able to better compete for the enzyme and a second period of intoxication... ensues as the 1,4-butanediol is converted into GHB... 1,4-Butanediol seems to have two types of pharmacological actions... The major psychoactive effects of 1,4-butanediol are because it is metabolized into GHB... however there is some evidence that 1,4-butanediol may have inherent alcohol... While 1,4-butanediol is not currently... a number of states have classified 1,4-butanediol as a controlled substance... Scheduling of 1,4-butanediol on a federal level seems unlikely considering its legitimate industrial applications... New 1,4-Butanediol Plant Used Below Capacity... Central effects of 1,4-butanediol are mediated by GABA...

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