Ester and Amide Local Anesthetics

(Reproduced from Cipollone F, Santovito D. EP receptors and coxibs: seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Circ Res. 2013;113:91-93.)

Mepivacaine, bupivacaine, and ropivacaine are chiral drugs because the molecules possess an asymmetric carbon atom.