Concept information
Preferred term
Mustard Gas
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Bis(beta-chloroethyl) Sulfide
- Di 2 chloroethyl Sulfide
- Di-2-chloroethyl Sulfide
- Dichlorodiethyl Sulfide
- Mustardgas
- Mustard, Sulfur
- Sulfide, Di-2-chloroethyl
- Sulfide, Dichlorodiethyl
- Sulfur Mustard
- Yellow Cross Liquid
- Yperite
Scope note
- Severe irritant and vesicant of skin, eyes, and lungs. It may cause blindness and lethal lung edema and was formerly used as a war gas. The substance has been proposed as a cytostatic and for treatment of psoriasis. It has been listed as a known carcinogen in the Fourth Annual Report on Carcinogens (NTP-85-002, 1985) (Merck, 11th ed).
History note
- 91(75)63-67; was see under MUSTARD COMPOUNDS 1968-90; was heading 1963-67
In other languages
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Finnish
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diklooridietyylisulfidi
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009151
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