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NEET 2023
Exam
NEET
Year
2023
Subject
Chemistry
Chapter
Chemistry in Everyday Life

NEET 2023 · Chemistry · Chemistry in Everyday Life

Some tranquilizers are listed below. Which one from the following...

Some tranquilizers are listed below. Which one from the following belongs to barbiturates?

Options

  1. AVeronal
  2. BChlordiazepoxide
  3. CMeprobamate
  4. DValium

Correct answer

A. Veronal

Step-by-step solution

Tranquillizers are the drugs that are used to reduce anxiety, fear, tension, agitation, and related states of mental disturbance. Derivatives of barbituric acid viz., veronal, amytal, nembutal, luminal and seconal constitute an important class of tranquilizers. These derivatives are called barbiturates.
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