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Descriptor English: Collodion
Descriptor Spanish: Colodión
Descriptor colodión
Entry term(s) nitrocelulosa
Scope note: Solución de nitrocelulosa en éter y alcohol. Tiene muchos usos en la industria, como las aplicaciones en la fabricación de películas fotográficas, fibras, barnices y en el grabado y la litografía. En medicina se usa como disolvente de fármacos y para cerrar heridas.
Descriptor Portuguese: Colódio
Descriptor French: Collodion
Entry term(s): Celloidin
Cellulose Nitrate
Collodion Cotton
Cotton, Collodion
Nitrate, Cellulose
Nitrocellulose
Pyroxylin
Tree number(s): D25.720.099.500.439
J01.637.051.720.099.500.439
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003101
Scope note: A nitrocellulose solution in ether and alcohol. Collodion has a wide range of uses in industry including applications in the manufacture of photographic film, in fibers, in lacquers, and in engraving and lithography. In medicine it is used as a drug solvent and a wound sealant.
Annotation: do not index here for the dermatologic condition collodion membrane or collodion baby: consider ICHTHYOSIFORM ERYTHRODERMA, CONGENITAL
Allowable Qualifiers: AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AN analysis
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
EC economics
HI history
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
Pharm Action: Tissue Adhesives
Explosive Agents
Registry Number: 9004-70-0
CAS Type 1 Name: Cellulose, nitrate
DeCS ID: 3132
Unique ID: D003101
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2007/07/09
Collodion - Preferred
Concept UI M0004799
Scope note A nitrocellulose solution in ether and alcohol. Collodion has a wide range of uses in industry including applications in the manufacture of photographic film, in fibers, in lacquers, and in engraving and lithography. In medicine it is used as a drug solvent and a wound sealant.
Preferred term Collodion
Nitrocellulose - Broader
Concept UI M0004801
Preferred term Nitrocellulose
Entry term(s) Cellulose Nitrate
Nitrate, Cellulose
Pyroxylin
Celloidin - Narrower
Concept UI M0004798
Preferred term Celloidin
Collodion Cotton - Narrower
Concept UI M0004800
Preferred term Collodion Cotton
Entry term(s) Cotton, Collodion



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