Phencyclidine
Synonyms
1-(1-Phenylcyclohexyl)piperidine
Angel Dust
CL 395
CL-395
CL395
Dust, Angel
GP 121
GP-121
GP121
Phencyclidine Hydrobromide
Phencyclidine Hydrochloride
Piperidine, 1-(1-phenylcyclohexyl)-
Sernyl
Serylan
A hallucinogen formerly used as a veterinary anesthetic, and briefly as a general anesthetic for humans. Phencyclidine is similar to KETAMINE in structure and in many of its effects. Like ketamine, it can produce a dissociative state. It exerts its pharmacological action through inhibition of NMDA receptors (RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE). As a drug of abuse, it is known as PCP and Angel Dust.