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

Preferred term

Polysorbates  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Monolaurate, Polyoxyethylene Sorbitan
  • Monolaurates, Polyoxyethylene Sorbitan
  • Polyoxyethylene Sorbitan Monolaurate
  • Polyoxyethylene Sorbitan Monolaurates
  • Polysorbate
  • PSML
  • PSMLs
  • Sorbitan Monolaurate, Polyoxyethylene
  • Sorbitan Monolaurates, Polyoxyethylene

Scope note

  • Sorbitan mono-9-octadecanoate poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl) derivatives; complex mixtures of polyoxyethylene ethers used as emulsifiers or dispersing agents in pharmaceuticals.

History note

  • 81(75); was see under POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS 1975-80; TWEENS was see under SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS 1963-74

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D011136

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