loading...| Preferred Name |
Aluminum Sulfate Anhydrous |
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| Synonyms |
ALUMINUM SULFATE ANHYDROUS Aluminum Sulfate Anhydrous alum |
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| Definitions |
An aluminum salt with immune adjuvant activity. This agent adsorbs and precipitates protein antigens in solution; the resulting precipitate improves vaccine immunogenicity by facilitating the slow release of antigen from the vaccine depot formed at the site of inoculation. |
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| ID |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C228 |
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| Accepted_Therapeutic_Use_For |
Allergy, diagnosis |
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| ALT_DEFINITION |
A chemical substance that contains aluminum sulfate and a second chemical, usually potassium sulfate. It is used to shrink tissues, to stop bleeding, and to boost the immune response to a vaccine. |
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| CAS_Registry |
10043-01-3 |
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| Chemical_Formula |
2Al.3O4S |
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| code |
C228 |
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| Concept_In_Subset | ||
| Contributing_Source |
FDA |
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| DEFINITION |
An aluminum salt with immune adjuvant activity. This agent adsorbs and precipitates protein antigens in solution; the resulting precipitate improves vaccine immunogenicity by facilitating the slow release of antigen from the vaccine depot formed at the site of inoculation. |
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| FDA_UNII_Code |
I7T908772F |
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| FULL_SYN |
ALUMINUM SULFATE ANHYDROUS Aluminum Sulfate Anhydrous alum |
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| label |
Aluminum Sulfate Anhydrous |
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| Legacy Concept Name |
Alum_Adjuvant |
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| NSC Number |
54563 |
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| Preferred_Name |
Aluminum Sulfate Anhydrous |
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| prefixIRI |
Thesaurus:C228 |
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| Semantic_Type |
Pharmacologic Substance Immunologic Factor Inorganic Chemical |
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| UMLS_CUI |
C3853611 |
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| subClassOf |
| Delete | Mapping To | Ontology | Source |
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| http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C228 | BERO | LOOM | |
| http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/1268943008 | SNOMEDCT | LOOM | |
| http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/RXNORM/1593147 | RXNORM | LOOM |