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Descriptor English: Creosote
Descriptor Spanish: Creosota
Descriptor creosota
Entry term(s) creosota de madera
Scope note: Sustancia grasa con olor a humo y sabor a quemado creada mediante el tratamiento a temperatura elevada de la madera de HAYA y otras MADERAS, la BREA DE ALQUITRÁN, o la resina del arbusto llamado gobernadora. Contiene CRESOLES e HIDROCARBUROS AROMÁTICOS POLICÍCLICOS que son CARCINÓGENOS. Se ha utilizado ampliamente como protector de la madera y en PESTICIDAS y antiguamente se utilizó medicinalmente en DESINFECTANTES, LAXANTES y AGENTES DERMATOLÓGICOS.
Descriptor Portuguese: Creosoto
Descriptor French: Créosote
Entry term(s): Beechwood Creosote
Creosote, Beechwood
Wood Creosote
Tree number(s): D02.455.426.559.389.657.239.327
SP4.808.749.996.231
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003407
Scope note: A greasy substance with a smoky odor and burned taste created by high temperature treatment of BEECH and other WOOD; COAL TAR; or resin of the CREOSOTE BUSH. It contains CRESOLS and POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS which are CARCINOGENS. It has been widely used as wood preservative and in PESTICIDES and had former use medicinally in DISINFECTANTS; LAXATIVES; and DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS.
Allowable Qualifiers: AA analogs & derivatives
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
Registry Number: 8021-39-4
CAS Type 1 Name: Creosote, wood
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under CRESOLS 1975-90
Online Note: search CRESOLS 1966-74
History Note: 91(75); was see under CRESOLS 1975-90
Related: Pix Liquida DeCS
DeCS ID: 3425
Unique ID: D003407
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2012/07/03
Creosote - Preferred
Concept UI M0005306
Scope note A greasy substance with a smoky odor and burned taste created by high temperature treatment of BEECH and other WOOD; COAL TAR; or resin of the CREOSOTE BUSH. It contains CRESOLS and POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS which are CARCINOGENS. It has been widely used as wood preservative and in PESTICIDES and had former use medicinally in DISINFECTANTS; LAXATIVES; and DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS.
Preferred term Creosote
Beechwood Creosote - Narrower
Concept UI M0005305
Preferred term Beechwood Creosote
Entry term(s) Creosote, Beechwood
Wood Creosote



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