National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 23, 2024
Preferred Name

Surface-Active Agent

Synonyms

Surface-Active Agent

Surfactant

Definitions

Any chemical that reduces the surface tension of the medium in which it is dissolved or lowers the interfacial tension between two immiscible phases.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C83486

CHEBI_ID

CHEBI:35195

code

C83486

DEFINITION

Any chemical that reduces the surface tension of the medium in which it is dissolved or lowers the interfacial tension between two immiscible phases.

FULL_SYN

Surface-Active Agent

Surfactant

label

Surface-Active Agent

Legacy Concept Name

Surface-Active_Agent

Preferred_Name

Surface-Active Agent

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C83486

Semantic_Type

Chemical Viewed Functionally

UMLS_CUI

C2825078

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C45678

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