DeCS

Descriptor English:

Mercuric Chloride

Descriptor Spanish:

Cloruro de Mercurio

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	cloruro de mercurio
Entry term(s)	dicloruro de mercurio
Scope note:	(HgCl2). Compuesto altamente tóxico que se volatiliza ligeramente a temperatura ambiente y apreciablemente a 100 grados C. Es corrosivo para las membranas mucosas y se utiliza como antiséptico y desinfectante tópico.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Cloreto de Mercúrio

Descriptor French:

Chlorure de mercure II

Entry term(s):

Chlorure mercurique
HgCl2

Tree number(s):

D01.210.450.150.525
D01.538.500

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008627

Scope note:

Mercury chloride (HgCl2). A highly toxic compound that volatizes slightly at ordinary temperature and appreciably at 100 degrees C. It is corrosive to mucous membranes and used as a topical antiseptic and disinfectant.

Annotation:

a local anti-infective

Allowable Qualifiers:

AD administration et posologie
AE effets indésirables
AG agonistes
AI antagonistes et inhibiteurs
AN analyse
BL sang
CF liquide cérébrospinal
CH composition chimique
CL classification
CS synthèse chimique
EC économie
HI histoire
IM immunologie
IP isolement et purification
ME métabolisme
PD pharmacologie
PK pharmacocinétique
PO intoxication
RE effets des radiations
SD ressources et distribution
ST normes
TO toxicité
TU usage thérapeutique
UR urine

Pharm Action:

Anti-Infective Agents, Local
Disinfectants

Registry Number:

53GH7MZT1R

CAS Type 1 Name:

Mercury chloride (HgCl2)

DeCS ID:

8803

Unique ID:

D008627

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