Phenytoin Phenytoin sodium is a commonly used antiepileptic. Phenytoin acts to suppress the abnormal brain activity seen in seizure by reducing electrical conductance among brain cells by stabilizing the inactive state of voltage-gated sodium channels.
Since Texas enshrined chili as its official state food in 1977, 33 states have named official dishes, snacks and beverages. While Indiana does not have an official state food, Senate resolution No. 5 â passed in 2009 â logged sugar cream pie as the stateâs official pie, following hot on the heels of naming water its official beverage.
New York is well on its way to making yogurt the official state snack. It turns out that several other states have already designated official snack foods: Jell-O was declared the official snack of Utah back in 2001, and Illinois â a top producer of corn â made popcorn its official snack in 2003.