Carboxamides are
drugs that can be used as
anticonvulsants. In
organic chemistry carboxamides (or amino carbonyls) are
functional groups with the general structure R-CO-NH2
with R as an organic substituent.
Two amino acids, asparagine and glutamine, have a carboxamide group in them.
The following are carboxamides:
- carbamazepine
oxcarbazepine