Trional
Encyclopedia
Trional is a sedative-hypnotic and anesthetic drug
with GABAergic action
s. It has similar effects to sulfonal, except it is faster acting.
and Alfred Kast in 1888.
Appeared in Agatha Christie's "Murder On The Orient Express
", "And Then There Were None
" and other novels as a sleep inducing sedative.
Drug
A drug, broadly speaking, is any substance that, when absorbed into the body of a living organism, alters normal bodily function. There is no single, precise definition, as there are different meanings in drug control law, government regulations, medicine, and colloquial usage.In pharmacology, a...
with GABAergic action
Drug action
The action of drugs on the human body is called pharmacodynamics, and what the body does with the drug is called pharmacokinetics. The drugs that enter the human tend to stimulate certain receptors, ion channels, act on enzymes or transporter proteins...
s. It has similar effects to sulfonal, except it is faster acting.
History
Trional was prepared and introduced by Eugen BaumannEugen Baumann
Eugen Baumann was a German chemist. He was one of the first people to create polyvinyl chloride , and, together with Carl Schotten, he discovered the Schotten-Baumann reaction.-Life:...
and Alfred Kast in 1888.
Appeared in Agatha Christie's "Murder On The Orient Express
Murder on the Orient Express
Murder on the Orient Express is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie featuring the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot.It was first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club on January 1, 1934 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year under the title of...
", "And Then There Were None
And Then There Were None
And Then There Were None is a detective fiction novel by Agatha Christie, first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club on 6 November 1939 under the title Ten Little Niggers which was changed by Dodd, Mead and Company in January 1940 because of the presence of a racial...
" and other novels as a sleep inducing sedative.