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... > Technology, Industry, and Agriculture > Manufactured Materials > Biomedical and Dental Materials > Polymers > Polyethylene Glycols > Nonoxynol
... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Specialty Uses of Chemicals > Biomedical and Dental Materials > Polymers > Polyethylene Glycols > Nonoxynol
Macromolecular Substances > Polymers > Polyethylene Glycols > Nonoxynol
... > Organic Chemicals > Alcohols > Glycols > Ethylene Glycols > Polyethylene Glycols > Nonoxynol

Preferred term

Nonoxynol  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Nonionic surfactant mixtures varying in the number of repeating ethoxy (oxy-1,2-ethanediyl) groups. They are used as detergents, emulsifiers, wetting agents, defoaming agents, etc. Nonoxynol-9, the compound with 9 repeating ethoxy groups, is a spermatocide, formulated primarily as a component of vaginal foams and creams. A spermicidal contraceptive vaginal gel that contains nonoxynol-9 (N-9), available without prescription

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • 26027-38-3
  • 31691-97-1
  • 9014-90-8
  • Nonoxinol
  • Nonoxinols
  • Nonoxynols
  • Nonylphenoxypolyethoxyethanol
  • Nonylphenoxypolyethoxyethanols
  • Poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl), alpha-(4-nonylphenyl)-omega-hydroxy-

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Pharmacological Action(s)

In other languages

  • Nonoxinol

    French

  • 26027-38-3
  • 31691-97-1
  • 9014-90-8
  • Nonoxynol
  • Nonoxynols
  • Nonylphénoxy polyéthoxyéthanol
  • Poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl), alpha-(4-nonylphenyl)-omega-hydroxy-

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