Skip to main content

Medical Subject Headings

Search from vocabulary

Content language

Concept information

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

Preferred term

Cetomacrogol  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • alpha-Hexadecyl-omega-Hydroxypoly(oxy-1,2-Ethanediyl)
  • n Hexadecane Polyoxyethylene Glycol Monether
  • n-Hexadecane Polyoxyethylene Glycol Monether
  • Polyethylene Glycol Cetyl Ether
  • Polyethylene Glycol Monohexadecyl Ether

Scope note

  • Non-ionic surfactant of the polyethylene glycol family. It is used as a solubilizer and emulsifying agent in foods, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals, often as an ointment base, and also as a research tool.

History note

  • 91(75); was see under POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS 1975-90

In other languages

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D002592

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Created 11/11/74, last modified 7/5/06