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Descriptor English: Ethylene Glycol
Descriptor Spanish: Glicol de Etileno
Descriptor glicol de etileno
Entry term(s) etanodiol
etilenglicol
Scope note: Alcohol dihidroxilado incoloro, inodoro y viscoso. Tiene sabor dulce, pero es tóxico si se ingiere. El etilenglicol es el más importante glicol disponible comercialmente y se fabrica a gran escala en los Estados Unidos. Se utiliza como anticongelante y refrigerante, en líquidos hidráulicos y en la fabricación de dinamitas y resinas de baja congelación.
Descriptor Portuguese: Etilenoglicol
Descriptor French: Éthylène glycol
Entry term(s): 1,2 Ethanediol
1,2-Ethanediol
2 Hydroxyethanol
2-Hydroxyethanol
Glycol, Ethylene
Glycol, Monoethylene
Monoethylene Glycol
Tree number(s): D02.033.455.250.268
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019855
Scope note: A colorless, odorless, viscous dihydroxy alcohol. It has a sweet taste, but is poisonous if ingested. Ethylene glycol is the most important glycol commercially available and is manufactured on a large scale in the United States. It is used as an antifreeze and coolant, in hydraulic fluids, and in the manufacture of low-freezing dynamites and resins.
Annotation: ETHYLENE GLYCOLS also available
Allowable Qualifiers: AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AG agonists
AI antagonists & inhibitors
AN analysis
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
EC economics
HI history
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
UR urine
Entry Combination: analogs & derivatives:Ethylene Glycols
Registry Number: FC72KVT52F
Previous Indexing: Ethylene Glycols (1982-1997)
Public MeSH Note: 98; ETHYLENE GLYCOL was indexed under ETHYLENE GLYCOLS 1982-97
History Note: 98; use ETHYLENE GLYCOL (NM) 1982-97
DeCS ID: 33379
Unique ID: D019855
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1998/01/01
Date of Entry: 1997/06/20
Revision Date: 2013/07/08
Ethylene Glycol - Preferred
Concept UI M0029474
Scope note A colorless, odorless, viscous dihydroxy alcohol. It has a sweet taste, but is poisonous if ingested. Ethylene glycol is the most important glycol commercially available and is manufactured on a large scale in the United States. It is used as an antifreeze and coolant, in hydraulic fluids, and in the manufacture of low-freezing dynamites and resins.
Preferred term Ethylene Glycol
Entry term(s) 1,2 Ethanediol
1,2-Ethanediol
2 Hydroxyethanol
2-Hydroxyethanol
Glycol, Ethylene
Glycol, Monoethylene
Monoethylene Glycol



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