Inorg Flashcards
Sodium acetate
DIURETIC
ANTACID
ALKALINIZING AGENT IN BENEDICT’S SOLUTION
Sodium Bicarbonate
Baking Soda
ANTACID
Sodium chloride
“Table Salt”
“Rock Salt”
CONDIMENT
ORAL REHYDRATING SALT
Sodium Biphosphate
“Fleet enema”
STOOL SOFTENER
URINARY ACIDIFIER FOR CYSTITIS
Sodium Carbonate
“Anhydrous”- Soda ash
“Dihydrate”- Trona
“Decahydrate”- Sal soda, Washing soda, Soda crystals ANTACID
Sodium hydroxide
“Caustic soda”
“Sosa”
“Lye”
SAPONIFYING AGENT (SOAP MAKING)
Sodium Hypochlorite
“Dakin’s Solution”
“Chlorox”
DISINFECTANT
BLEACHING AGENT
Sodium Thiosulfate
“Photographer’s hypo”
TOGETHER WITH SODIUM NITRATE, IT ACTS AS AN ANTIDOTE TO CYANIDE POISONING
Sodium Tartrate
STANDARDIZATION OF KARL FISCHER REAGENT
Potassium Chloride
RINGER’S SOLUTION
DARROW’S SOLUTION
ELECTROYTE REPLENISHER
Potassium permanganate
“Mineral Chameleon”
VOLUMETRIC SOLUTION AND INDICATOR IN PERMANGANOMETRY
ANTIDOTE IN STRYCHNINE POISONING
Potassium Bitartrate
“Cream of tartar”
“Creamor”
ONLY INSOLUBLE SALT OF POTASSIUM
Ammonium ion
Haber-Bosch process
HYPOTHETICAL AKALI METAL
Ammonium chloride
“Muriate of Hartshorn”
Sal ammoniac
Salmiac
BUFFER FOR ZINC ANALYSIS (COMPLEXATION)
Strong ammonia solution
“Stronger Ammonia Water”
“Spirit of Hartshorn”
CONTAINS 27-31% AMMONIA
USED PRIMARILY IN MAKING AMMONIA WATER
INGREDIENT OF AROMATIC SPIRIT OF AMMONIA
Copper
only reddish-colored metal
3rd most malleable
3rd best conductor of electricity
salts are blue in color
occcurs in the respiratory pigment hemocyanin and cytochrome oxidase
protein precipitant
enhances absorption of Fe
Wilson’s disease
COPPER TOXICITY
S/S: hepatic serosis, jaundice, bloating, brain damage, demyelination, kidney defects
DOC: Penicillamine (Cuprimine)
Copper sulfate (Pentahydrate)
“Blue Vitriol” “Blue Stone”
INGREDIENT IN: BENEDICT’S SOLUTION, FEHLING’S SOLUTION, BARFOED’S REAGENT, BORDEAUX MIXTURE
ANTIDOTE FOR PHOSHOROUS POISONING: COPPER SULATE, CALCIUM OXIDE, WATER
Silver
has oligodynamic action
inhibit microorganisms in small concentration
Argyria
SILVER TOXICITY
DOC: NSS, Sodium Thiosulfate, Potassium ferricyanide
Silver proteinates
MILD SILVER PROTEIN: ARGYROL 19-25%
- antiseptic for the eyes
- treatment of vaginitis
STRONG SILVER PROTEIN : PROTARGOL 7.5-8.5%
- potent germicide for ears, throat and bladder
COLLOIDAL SILVER PROTEIN: COLLARGOL 18-22%
- mild antiseptic
- 2% irrigate sinus
- 50% female genital tract antiseptic
Gold
King of all metals
Most malleable
Most Ductile
best conductor of electricity
soluble only in AQUA REGIA and SELENIC ACID
Agua regia
1 HNO3 : 3 HCl
Gold compounds
AUROTHIOGLUCOSE (IM)
BN: Solganal
IND: Rheumatoid arthritis, Gout
Gold compounds
GOLD SODIUM THIOMALATE (IM)
BN: Miochrysine
IND: Rheumatoid arthritis, Gout, SLE
Gold compounds
AURANOFIN (PO)
BN: RidAURA
Main S/E: Glossitis
Magnesium
2nd most abundant intracellular cation
metal present in chlorophyll
component of Grignard reagent
THERAPEUTIC USES
insoluble compounds= gastric antacids
SO4 compound= anticolvulsant
conc SO4= topical anti-inflammatory
Stearate= lubricant
Magnesium oxide
“Calcined magnesia”
“Magnesia”
“Light magnesia”
COMPONENT OF THE UNIVERSAL ANTIDOTE: MAGNESIUM OXIDE, ACTIVATED CHARCOAL, TANNIC ACID
Magnesium sulfate
“Epsom salt”
PO: LAXATIVE
IM: ANTICONVULSANT
ANTIDOTE IN BARIUM AND BARBITURATE TOXICITY
Calcium
2nd most abundant extracellular cation
cation of hydrocyapatite
Vitamin D is need for its absorption
Natural sources: dolomite, fluorite, gypsum (selenite or Calcium sulfate), Phosphate rock
Calcium sulfate
“Plaster of Paris”
“Gypsum”
DILUENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF COMPRESSED TBALETS USED TO MANUFACTURE DENTAL IMPRESSIONS AND SURGICAL CASTS
Zinc
metal present in insulin
Deficiency: Parakeratosis
Toxicity: Metal Fume Fever
Antidote: Sodium Bicarbonate
Itai-itai disease
CADMIUM TOXICITY
ANTIDOTE: BRITISH ANTI-LEWISITE
Cadmium chloride
txt of tinea infections
Cadmium sulfide
yellow sulfide
anti-seborrheic
Capsebon
Cadmium sulfate
ophthalmic antiseptic
Mercury
“Hydragyrum, Quicksilver, Liquid Silver”
Natural source: Cinnabar
present in thermometers and amalgams
Minamata disease
MECURY TOXICITY
ANTIDOTE: Sodium formaldehyde sulfoxylate, BAL, Penicillamine
BORON POISONING
Boiled lobster appearance
Aluminum
“Ladd’s paste”
most abundant of all metals
3rd most abundant element
SOURCE: CRYOLITE
gastric antacid (S/E: constipation)
antiperspirant, deodorant
antiseptic
ALUMINUM POISONING
Shaver’s disease
Alum
“Alumina”
2 types: Ammonium and Potassium
TREATMENT OF SILICOSIS
THALLIUM POISONING
Green tongue and alopecia
Carbon
2 FORMS:
1. Crystalline: diamond and graphite
2. Amorphous
Carbon dioxide
210 times affinity to hemoglobin
death is due to asphyxia
TREATMENT: 100% OXYGEN, OXYGEN-HELIUM MIXTURE OR HYPERBARIC OXYGEN
SILICON TOXICITY
Silicosis
ANTIDOTE: Inhalation of
Aluminum oxide dust
Tin
used in manufacture of cans and utensils
germicidal effect against Staphylococci
txt of acne, furunculosis
Alloys of tin
PEWTER (green): 80% Tin + 20% Pb
GUN METAL (Red): 10% Tin + 90% Cu
ROSE METAL (Orange): 25% Tin + 25% Pb + 50% Bi SOLDER (Blue): 50% Tin + 50% Pb
Stannous fluoride
Crest toothpaste
ANTICARIOGENIC 8% SOLUTION
MUST BE FRESHLY PREPARED BECAUSE IT CAN BE EASILY OXIDIZED
LEAD TOXICITY
Plumbism
ACCUMULATES EASILY IN GIT AND BROKEN SKIN
ANTIDOTE: EDTA (Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid), British Anti-Lewisite, Succimet
Titanium oxide
OPACIFYING AGENT IN CAPSULES
USED IN CONTACT LENSES
SOLAR RAY PROTECTIVE IN SUNBLOCK AND SUNTAN LOTION
Nitrogen
“w/o life”
“azote”
Mephitic air
colorless, odorless, tasteless, INERT GAS most abundant gas in air (71%)
most stable among the diatomic molecules
Nitrous oxide
“Laughing gas”
stored in blue container
GENERAL ANESTHETIC (VIA INHALATION)
S/E: HYPOXIA
Bismuth
“Beautiful meadow”
used in silvering mirror
Pcologic use: astringent, antiseptic, mucoprotectant in Peptic ulcer disease
Tantalum
used in sheet form for surgical repair of bones
does not affect tissues
Oxygen
“dephlogisticated air (by Priestley)
Gk word: “acid former”
3 allotropes: Nascent, Molecular, Ozone
5 official gases
1.Nitrogen
2.Oxygen
3.Carbon dioxide
4. Helium
5.Nitrous Oxide
Selenium
imprtant trace element
synergistic with Vit E
antioxidant
Selenium sulfide
“Selsun blue”
ANTIDANDRUFF
ANTISEBORRHEIC