TETRACAINE (CED0003841)

TETRACAINE is an organic compound with the formula C15H24N2O2 and an average molecular weight of 264.37 g/mol. TETRACAINE belongs to the benzoic acids and derivatives, a subclass of benzene and substituted derivatives within the organic compounds. It is recorded as being found in or released from 19 sources, including healthcare, pharmaceuticals and veterinary products such as local anesthetics, anesthetics, antipruritics, and vasoprotectives. Other sources include food preservation and the preparation of wine or sparkling wine, as well as household cleaning and consumer products like soap dispensers, perfumes within detergents and soaps, cigar cigarettes, other smoking requisites, and non electric simulated smoking devices. Additionally, it is associated with electrical and electronic equipment, including electric hearing aids, electrically stimulated smoking devices, fixed capacitors and their manufacture, antennas, and conductors or conductive bodies characterised by the conductive materials. The compound is associated with 12 recorded protein targets, acting as a blocker, inhibitor, or modulator of the sodium channel protein type 4 subunit alpha (SCN4A), sodium channel protein type 1 subunit alpha (SCN1A), ryanodine receptor 2 (RYR2), ryanodine receptor 1 (RYR1), and 8 other proteins. Recorded exposure routes for TETRACAINE include oral, nasal, buccal, dental, cutaneous, topical, subcutaneous, parenteral, infiltration, intraspinal, subarachnoid, and ophthalmic.