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Preferred Name

Cetyl Alcohol

Synonyms

1-Hexadecanol

CETYL ALCOHOL

n-Hexadecyl Alcohol

Cetyl Alcohol

Palmityl Alcohol

Definitions

A synthetic, solid, fatty alcohol and nonionic surfactant. Cetyl alcohol is used as an emulsifying agent in pharmaceutical preparations.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C47442

CAS_Registry

124-29-8

36653-82-4

CHEBI_ID

CHEBI:16125

Chemical_Formula

C16H34O

code

C47442

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C63923

Contributing_Source

FDA

DEFINITION

A synthetic, solid, fatty alcohol and nonionic surfactant. Cetyl alcohol is used as an emulsifying agent in pharmaceutical preparations.

FDA_UNII_Code

936JST6JCN

FULL_SYN

1-Hexadecanol

CETYL ALCOHOL

n-Hexadecyl Alcohol

Cetyl Alcohol

Palmityl Alcohol

label

Cetyl Alcohol

Legacy Concept Name

Cetyl_Alcohol

NSC Number

4194

Preferred_Name

Cetyl Alcohol

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C47442

Semantic_Type

Pharmacologic Substance

UMLS_CUI

C0055152

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C218

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