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Organic Chemicals > Amines > Quaternary Ammonium Compounds > Benzylammonium Compounds > Benzethonium
Organic Chemicals > Onium Compounds > Quaternary Ammonium Compounds > Benzylammonium Compounds > Benzethonium
... > Inorganic Chemicals > Nitrogen Compounds > Ammonium Compounds > Quaternary Ammonium Compounds > Benzylammonium Compounds > Benzethonium

Preferred term

Benzethonium  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Benzethonium Chloride
  • Chloride, Benzethonium
  • Hyamine 1622
  • Orchid Fresh II
  • Phemeride
  • Phemerol
  • Phemethryn
  • Puri Clens
  • Puri-Clens
  • PuriClens
  • Quatrachlor
  • Solamin

Scope note

  • Bactericidal cationic quaternary ammonium surfactant used as a topical anti-infective agent. It is an ingredient in medicaments, deodorants, mouthwashes, etc., and is used to disinfect apparatus, etc., in the food processing and pharmaceutical industries, in surgery, and also as a preservative. The compound is toxic orally as a result of neuromuscular blockade.

History note

  • 91(81); was see under AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS 1981-90; was BENZETHONIUM CHLORIDE see under AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS 1975-80

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001558

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