nitazene
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun[edit]
nitazene (countable and uncountable, plural nitazenes)
- (uncountable, organic chemistry) A synthetic opioid derived from 2-benzylbenzimidazole.
- (countable, organic chemistry) Any of a group of potent synthetic opioids with a structure related to nitazene, never approved for clinical use but manufactured as illicit drugs or adulterants thereof.
- Hyponyms: butonitazene, clonitazene, etonitazene, isotonitazene, metonitazene, protonitazene
- Coordinate terms: (adulterants) fentanyl (opioid); xylazine (anesthetic)
- 2021, Marthe M. VandeputteKatleen Van Uytfangheet al., “Synthesis, Chemical Characterization, and μ‑Opioid Receptor Activity Assessment of the Emerging Group of “Nitazene” 2‑Benzylbenzimidazole Synthetic Opioids”, in ACS Chemical Neuroscience, volume 12, number 7, , page 1241:
- Several 2-benzylbenzimidazole opioids (also referred to as “nitazenes”) recently emerged on the illicit market. […] MOR activity determination confirmed that nitazenes are generally highly active, with potencies and efficacies of several analogues exceeding that of fentanyl.
