mercaptoethanol

Preferred Label : mercaptoethanol;

MeSH definition : A water-soluble thiol derived from hydrogen sulfide and ethanol. It is used as a reducing agent for disulfide bonds and to protect sulfhydryl groups from oxidation.;

MeSH synonym : 2-mercaptoethanol; 2 mercaptoethanol; 2-me;

MeSH CAS label : ethanol, 2-mercapto-;

Registry Number MeSH : 60-24-2;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2-Mercaptoethanol;

Codes EINECS : 200-464-6;

Is substance : O;

Details

Origin ID

D008623;

UMLS CUI

C0025402;

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Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- -2 (qualifier value) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Arabic numeral 2 (qualifier value) [Inactive SNOMED CT concept]
- Integer +2 (qualifier value) [SNOMED CT concept]
CISMeF manual mappings
- mercaptoethanol [Substance BNPC]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- 2-mercaptoethanol (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]
Record concept(s)
- mercaptoethanol [MeSH concept]
Related MeSH Supplementary Concept(s)
- 1,2-ethanedithiol [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- 2-(2-mercaptoethanol)-3-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- 2-phenylmercaptoethanol [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- S-(2-hydroxyethylmercapto)-L-cysteine [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- S-lauroylmercaptoethanol [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- S-nitrosomercaptoethanol [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- SL-mercaptoethanol [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- isethinic acid [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- mercaptoethyl caproate [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- methylthioethanol [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Organic Chemical [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- 2-mercaptoethanol (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]
- mercaptoethanol [Substance BNPC]

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