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Cocaine (an alkaloid ester extracted from the leaves of plants including coca)

class, substance, drug, psychoactive drug, chemical compound, stimulant, plant extract, alkaloid, medical concept, cause, Local anesthetic agents, Drugs, hormones and biological mediators

ATC code, ATC Code: "N01BC01"
CAS registry_number, CAS Code: "50-36-2"
Side effects: ▶
hypertension, Cardiac arrhythmia, seizure, hyperthermia, delirium, …
mydriasis, ocular hypertension, Somnolence, substance dependence, metabolic acidosis, Syncope, Myocardial infarction
Class: ▶
drug; chemical compound; psychoactive drug; stimulant; alkaloid; …
Local anesthetic agents; Drugs, hormones and biological mediators; medical concept; cause; substance; plant extract; class
Parent Class: drug, psychoactive drug, stimulant, Local anesthetic agents, substance
Wikipedia Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocaine
ICD Code: "T40.5"
Experts: Albert Niemann, Karl Koller
PubChem ID: "5760"
ATC Prefix: "N01"
Theme of: The Cocaine Fiends
Possible Effects: Angina pectoris
Cause of: ▶
hypertension, Cardiac arrhythmia, Somnolence, delirium, substance dependence, …
hyperthermia, mydriasis, metabolic acidosis, Syncope, seizure, ocular hypertension, Myocardial infarction, Teratogenesis, vasoconstriction
Legal in: the United States, Mexico
Duration in Body: 2 days
Attributes: white, related to illicit drugs
Freebase ID: "/guid/9202a8c04000641f80000000000114ca"
Related Websites: ▶
http://druginfo.nlm.nih.gov/drugportal/dpdirect.jsp?name=Cocaine, http://www.thehallofmaat.com/modules.php?name=Articles&file=article&sid=45, http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/19/cocaine-rainforests-columbia-santos-calderon, http://www.thegooddrugsguide.com/cocaine/faq.htm, http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A10832384, …
http://sun.ars-grin.gov, http://parentingteens.about.com/cs/cocainecrack/l/blsldiccocaine.htm, http://www.erowid.org/chemicals/cocaine/cocaine.shtml, http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/?nnodeid=25482, http://www.faculty.ucr.edu/~legneref/ethnic/mummy.htm
OpenCyc ID: "Mx4rv2VFupwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA"
DBPedia URI: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Cocaine
Mesh ID: "D003042"
Diseases DB id: "2885"
Contra-indications: pregnancy
Universal Attributes: related to prescription drugs
Rare Terms: "yak"
Freebase Primary MID: "/m/0256b"

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