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Descriptor English: Fatty Alcohols
Descriptor Spanish: Alcoholes Grasos
Descriptor alcoholes grasos
Entry term(s) alcohol graso
Scope note: Alcoholes primarios de cadena lineal, generalmente de alto peso molecular, aunque pueden contener incluso sólo 4 carbonos. Derivan de grasas y aceites naturales, y comprenden los alcoholes laurílico, estearílico, oleíllico y linoleílico. Son utilizados en farmacia, cosméticos, detergentes, plásticos, aceites lubricantes y la industria textil. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 5th ed).
Descriptor Portuguese: Álcoois Graxos
Descriptor French: Alcools gras
Entry term(s): Alcohol, Fatty
Alcohols, Fatty
Fatty Alcohol
Tree number(s): D02.033.415
D10.289
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005233
Scope note: Usually high-molecular-weight, straight-chain primary alcohols, but can also range from as few as 4 carbons, derived from natural fats and oils, including lauryl, stearyl, oleyl, and linoleyl alcohols. They are used in pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, detergents, plastics, and lube oils and in textile manufacture. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 5th ed)
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
Previous Indexing: Alcohols (1966-1971)
Public MeSH Note: 72; SODIUM TETRADECYL SULFATE was SODIUM TETRADECYL SULFATES see under SCLEROSING SOLUTIONS 1963-74
History Note: 72
DeCS ID: 5336
Unique ID: D005233
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1972/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/05/27
Fatty Alcohols - Preferred
Concept UI M0008274
Scope note Usually high-molecular-weight, straight-chain primary alcohols, but can also range from as few as 4 carbons, derived from natural fats and oils, including lauryl, stearyl, oleyl, and linoleyl alcohols. They are used in pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, detergents, plastics, and lube oils and in textile manufacture. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 5th ed)
Preferred term Fatty Alcohols
Entry term(s) Alcohol, Fatty
Alcohols, Fatty
Fatty Alcohol



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