Surface-Active Agent

Preferred Label : Surface-Active Agent;

NCIt synonyms : Surfactant;

NCIt definition : Any chemical that reduces the surface tension of the medium in which it is dissolved or lowers the interfacial tension between two immiscible phases.;

ChEBI ID : CHEBI:35195;

Details

Origin ID

C83486;

UMLS CUI

C0038888;

Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Surface-Active Agents [DeCS]
- Surface-Active agents [MeSH concept]
- Surfactant [LOINC component]
- surface-active agents [MeSH Descriptor]
See also inter- (CISMeF)
- Surfactant (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]
- surfactant [IUPAC Term]
- surfactant, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- surfactants [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Biomedical or Dental Material [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Surface-Active agents [MeSH concept]
- surface-active agents [MeSH Descriptor]

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