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... > Organic Chemicals > Carboxylic Acids > Acids, Acyclic > Dicarboxylic Acids > Succinates > Dioctyl Sulfosuccinic Acid

Preferred term

Dioctyl Sulfosuccinic Acid  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Sulfosuccinic Acid bis(2-Ethylhexyl) Ester

Scope note

  • All-purpose surfactant, wetting agent, and solubilizer used in the drug, cosmetics, and food industries. It has also been used in laxatives and as cerumenolytics. It is usually administered as either the calcium, potassium, or sodium salt.

History note

  • 96; was DIOCTYL SULFOSUCCINATES 1978-95 (see under SUCCINATES 1978-90); DIOCTYL SULFOSUCCINIC ACID was NM 1968-95

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004143

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