Preferred Label : mustard gas;
MeSH definition : Severe irritant and vesicant of skin, eyes, and lungs. It may cause blindness and
lethal lung edema and was formerly used as a war gas. The substance has been proposed
as a cytostatic and for treatment of psoriasis. It has been listed as a known carcinogen
in the Fourth Annual Report on Carcinogens (NTP-85-002, 1985) (Merck, 11th ed).;
MeSH synonym : di-2-chloroethyl sulfide; mustard, sulfur; dichlorodiethyl sulfide; sulfide, di-2-chloroethyl; di 2 chloroethyl sulfide; gas, mustard; yperite; mustardgas; sulfur mustard; yellow cross liquid; bis(beta-chloroethyl) sulfide; sulfide, dichlorodiethyl;
MeSH hyponym : psoriazin;
MeSH CAS label : ethane, 1,1'-thiobis(2-chloro)-;
MeSH Related Number : 505-60-2 (Mustard gas);
Registry Number MeSH : 505-60-2;
MeSH annotation : D25-26 qualif;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustard gas;
Is substance : O;
UNII : T8KEC9FH9P;
InChIKey : QKSKPIVNLNLAAV-UHFFFAOYSA-N;
Origin ID : D009151;
UMLS CUI : C0026874;
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Severe irritant and vesicant of skin, eyes, and lungs. It may cause blindness and
lethal lung edema and was formerly used as a war gas. The substance has been proposed
as a cytostatic and for treatment of psoriasis. It has been listed as a known carcinogen
in the Fourth Annual Report on Carcinogens (NTP-85-002, 1985) (Merck, 11th ed).
