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Descriptor English: Ethylene Oxide
Descriptor Spanish: Óxido de Etileno
Descriptor óxido de etileno
Scope note: Gas incoloro e inflamable a temperatura y presión ambientales. El óxido de etileno es un desinfectante bactericida, fungicida y esporicida. Es eficaz frente a la mayoría de los microorganismos, incluidos los virus. Se emplea como fumigante en productos alimenticios y en textiles y como agente en la esterilización por gas de materiales farmacéuticos y quirúrgicos termolábiles. (Reynolds, Martindale The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p794)
Descriptor Portuguese: Óxido de Etileno
Descriptor French: Oxirane
Entry term(s): Oxide, Ethylene
Oxirane
Tree number(s): D02.355.291.411.417
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005027
Scope note: A colorless and flammable gas at room temperature and pressure. Ethylene oxide is a bactericidal, fungicidal, and sporicidal disinfectant. It is effective against most micro-organisms, including viruses. It is used as a fumigant for foodstuffs and textiles and as an agent for the gaseous sterilization of heat-labile pharmaceutical and surgical materials. (From Reynolds, Martindale The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p794)
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
Pharm Action: Disinfectants
Registry Number: JJH7GNN18P
CAS Type 1 Name: Oxirane
DeCS ID: 5120
Unique ID: D005027
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2013/07/08
Ethylene Oxide - Preferred
Concept UI M0007902
Scope note A colorless and flammable gas at room temperature and pressure. Ethylene oxide is a bactericidal, fungicidal, and sporicidal disinfectant. It is effective against most micro-organisms, including viruses. It is used as a fumigant for foodstuffs and textiles and as an agent for the gaseous sterilization of heat-labile pharmaceutical and surgical materials. (From Reynolds, Martindale The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p794)
Preferred term Ethylene Oxide
Entry term(s) Oxide, Ethylene
Oxirane



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