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Descriptor English: Mercaptoethanol
Descriptor Spanish: Mercaptoetanol
Descriptor mercaptoetanol
Scope note: Tiol soluble en agua derivado del sulfuro de hidrógeno y el etanol. Se utiliza como agente reductor de los enlaces disulfuro y para proteger de la oxidación a los grupos sulfihidrilos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Mercaptoetanol
Descriptor French: 2-Sulfanyl-éthanol
Entry term(s): 2 Mercaptoethanol
2-ME
2-Mercaptoethanol
Tree number(s): D02.033.375.534
D02.886.489.409
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008623
Scope note: A water-soluble thiol derived from hydrogen sulfide and ethanol. It is used as a reducing agent for disulfide bonds and to protect sulfhydryl groups from oxidation.
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: 60-24-2
CAS Type 1 Name: Ethanol, 2-mercapto-
Public MeSH Note: 66
History Note: 66(64)
DeCS ID: 8796
Unique ID: D008623
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/10/08
Mercaptoethanol - Preferred
Concept UI M0013443
Scope note A water-soluble thiol derived from hydrogen sulfide and ethanol. It is used as a reducing agent for disulfide bonds and to protect sulfhydryl groups from oxidation.
Preferred term Mercaptoethanol
Entry term(s) 2 Mercaptoethanol
2-ME
2-Mercaptoethanol



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