ethylene oxide

Preferred Label : ethylene oxide;

MeSH definition : A colorless and flammable gas at room temperature and pressure. Ethylene oxide is a bactericidal, fungicidal, and sporicidal disinfectant. It is effective against most micro-organisms, including viruses. It is used as a fumigant for foodstuffs and textiles and as an agent for the gaseous sterilization of heat-labile pharmaceutical and surgical materials. (From Reynolds, Martindale The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p794);

MeSH synonym : oxide, ethylene; Oxirane;

MeSH CAS label : oxirane;

MeSH Related Number : 75-21-8 (Ethylene oxide);

Registry Number MeSH : 75-21-8;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethylene oxide;

Codes EINECS : 200-849-9;

Is substance : O;

UNII : JJH7GNN18P;

InChIKey : IAYPIBMASNFSPL-UHFFFAOYSA-N;

Details

Origin ID

D005027;

UMLS CUI

C0015087;

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- administration and dosage [MeSH Qualifier]
- adverse effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- agonists [MeSH Qualifier]
- analogs and derivatives [MeSH Qualifier]
- analysis [MeSH Qualifier]
- antagonists and inhibitors [MeSH Qualifier]
- blood [MeSH Qualifier]
- cerebrospinal fluid [MeSH Qualifier]
- chemical synthesis [MeSH Qualifier]
- chemistry [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- contraindications [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- isolation and purification [MeSH Qualifier]
- metabolism [MeSH Qualifier]
- pharmacokinetics [MeSH Qualifier]
- pharmacology [MeSH Qualifier]
- poisoning [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiation effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- supply and distribution [MeSH Qualifier]
- therapeutic use [MeSH Qualifier]
- toxicity [MeSH Qualifier]
- urine [MeSH Qualifier]
CISMeF manual mappings
- ethylene oxide [Substance BNPC]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Ethylene Oxide [NCIt concept]
- Ethylene oxide [LOINC component]
- Ethylene oxide (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Ethylene oxide medicinal [ICD-11 Extension code]
- ethylene oxide [SNOMED Notion]
Indexing information
- 2-methylstyrene oxide [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
Pharmacological action(s)
- disinfectants [MeSH Descriptor]
Record concept(s)
- ethylene oxide [MeSH concept]
Related MeSH Supplementary Concept(s)
- (1-chloroethenyl)oxirane [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- (2S,3R)-2-(2Z,5Z-octadienyl)-3-nonyloxirane [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- (2S,3S)-oxirane-2,3-dicarboxylic acid [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- (2S,3S)-oxirane-2,3-dicarboxylic acid 2-(((S)-1-benzylcarbamoyl-2-phenyl-ethyl)-amide) 3-((2-(4-hydroxy-phenyl)-ethyl)-amide) [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- (3-phenyloxirane-2,2-diyl)bis(phenylmethanone) [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- (ethylene oxide)13(propylene oxide)30(ethylene oxide)13 [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- 1,1-bis(4-chlorophenyl)ethylene oxide [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- 1-(5-methyl-1H-pyrrol-2-yl)-2-((2S,3R)-3-((E)-prop-1-enyl)oxiran-2-yl)ethanone [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- 2-(2-ethynylphenyl)oxirane [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- 2-(5-methyl-5-(oxiran-2-yl)-tetrahydrofuran-2-yl)propan-1-ol [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- 2-cyanoethylene oxide [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- 2-lithio-3,3-dimethyl-2-oxazolinyloxirane [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- 3-methyl-2-nitro-1-(2,3-epoxypropoxy)benzene [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- EXL596 [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- PLC(20)-b-PEO(44) [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- TN detergent [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- chloroethylene oxide [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- ethyl(methyl)dioxirane [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- methyl(trifluoromethyl)dioxirane [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- nonaoxirane [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- poly(isoprene-block-ethylene oxide) [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- tert-decanoic acid oxiranylmethyl ester [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- triethylene oxide [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- viridenepoxydiol [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
See also inter- (CISMeF)
- Product containing ethylene oxide (medicinal product) [SNOMED CT concept]
- oxirane allergy [DO Concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Hazardous or Poisonous Substance [UMLS semantic type]
- Organic Chemical [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Ethylene Oxide [NCIt concept]
- Ethylene oxide [LOINC component]
- Ethylene oxide (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Product containing ethylene oxide (medicinal product) [SNOMED CT concept]
- ethylene oxide [Substance BNPC]
- ethylene oxide [SNOMED Notion]

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