National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

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Preferred Name

Petrolatum
Synonyms

petroleum jelly

Petrolatum, White

Petroleum Jelly

PETROLATUM

Petrolatum

Vaseline

petrolatum

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C29538

ALT_DEFINITION

A thick, greasy, substance with no odor or taste made from petroleum (mixture of oily liquids found in the earth). Petrolatum is used on the skin to prevent drying and to help heal scrapes and burns. It is also used as a base for some ointments.

CAS_Registry

8009-03-8

code

C29538

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C116978

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C116977

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

Contributing_Source

CTRP

FDA

Display_Name

Petrolatum

FDA_UNII_Code

4T6H12BN9U

FULL_SYN

petroleum jelly

Petrolatum, White

Petroleum Jelly

PETROLATUM

Petrolatum

Vaseline

petrolatum

label

Petrolatum

Legacy Concept Name

Vaseline

Preferred_Name

Petrolatum

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C29538

Semantic_Type

Organic Chemical

Biomedical or Dental Material

UMLS_CUI

C0728774

subClassOf

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

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