Preferred Name

Ethylene Glycol [Chemical/Ingredient]

Synonyms

Ethylene Glycol

ID

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000166813

altLabel

Ethylene Glycol

1,2-Ethanediol

Monoethylene Glycol

2-Hydroxyethanol

cui

C0015083

MESH DEFINITION

A colorless, odorless, viscous dihydroxy alcohol. It has a sweet taste, but is poisonous if ingested. Ethylene glycol is the most important glycol commercially available and is manufactured on a large scale in the United States. It is used as an antifreeze and coolant, in hydraulic fluids, and in the manufacture of low-freezing dynamites and resins.

MESH DUI

D019855

MeSH name

Ethylene Glycol

MESH UI

M0029474

NDFRT kind

INGREDIENT_KIND

notation

N0000166813

NUI

N0000166813

prefLabel

Ethylene Glycol [Chemical/Ingredient]

tui

T109

T131

subClassOf

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000008014

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