ethylene glycol

Preferred Label : ethylene glycol;

MeSH definition : A colorless, odorless, viscous dihydroxy alcohol. It has a sweet taste, but is poisonous if ingested. Ethylene glycol is the most important glycol commercially available and is manufactured on a large scale in the United States. It is used as an antifreeze and coolant, in hydraulic fluids, and in the manufacture of low-freezing dynamites and resins.;

MeSH synonym : 2 hydroxyethanol; glycol, ethylene; monoethylene glycol; glycol, monoethylene; 1,2-ethanediol; 1,2 ethanediol; 2-hydroxyethanol;

MeSH Related Number : 107-21-1 (Ethylene glycol);

Registry Number MeSH : 107-21-1;

MeSH annotation : ETHYLENE GLYCOLS also available;

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

Codes EINECS : 203-473-3;

Is substance : O;

UNII : FC72KVT52F;

InChIKey : LYCAIKOWRPUZTN-UHFFFAOYSA-N;

Details

Origin ID

D019855;

UMLS CUI

C0015083;

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- poisoning [MeSH Qualifier]
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CISMeF manual mappings
- ethylene glycol [Substance BNPC]
Record concept(s)
- ethylene glycol [MeSH concept]
Related MeSH term(s)
- ethylene glycols [MeSH Descriptor]
See also inter- (CISMeF)
- Ethylene glycol poisoning (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Hazardous or Poisonous Substance [UMLS semantic type]
- Organic Chemical [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Ethylene Glycol [NCIt concept]
- Ethylene glycol [LOINC component]
- Ethylene glycol (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]
- ethylene glycol [SNOMED Notion]

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