Concept information
Preferred term
Ethylene Glycol
Type
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mesh:Descriptor
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.
Broader concept
Entry terms
- 107-21-1 (Ethylene Glycol)
- 1,2-Ethanediol
- 2-Hydroxyethanol
- FC72KVT52F
- Monoethylene Glycol
Allowable Qualifier(s)
- administration & dosage (Qualifier)
- adverse effects (Qualifier)
- agonists (Qualifier)
- analysis (Qualifier)
- antagonists & inhibitors (Qualifier)
- blood (Qualifier)
- cerebrospinal fluid (Qualifier)
- chemical synthesis (Qualifier)
- chemistry (Qualifier)
- classification (Qualifier)
- economics (Qualifier)
- history (Qualifier)
- immunology (Qualifier)
- isolation & purification (Qualifier)
- metabolism (Qualifier)
- pharmacokinetics (Qualifier)
- pharmacology (Qualifier)
- poisoning (Qualifier)
- radiation effects (Qualifier)
- standards (Qualifier)
- supply & distribution (Qualifier)
- therapeutic use (Qualifier)
- toxicity (Qualifier)
- urine (Qualifier)
In other languages
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French
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1,2-Dihydroxyéthane
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107-21-1 (Ethylene Glycol)
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Éthane-1,2-diol
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Éthylèneglycol
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FC72KVT52F
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Glycol 1,2-éthanediol
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Glycol éthylique
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-QLJXH8MC-Q
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