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National Drug File - Reference Terminology
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July 6, 2018
| Id | http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000006662
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000006662
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| Preferred Name | Sorbitol [Chemical/Ingredient] |
| Synonyms |
D-Glucitol
Glucitol
Sorbitol
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| Type | http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class |
All Properties
| altLabel |
D-Glucitol
Glucitol
Sorbitol
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| prefLabel | Sorbitol [Chemical/Ingredient]
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| notation | N0000006662
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| MESH DEFINITION | A polyhydric alcohol with about half the sweetness of sucrose. Sorbitol occurs naturally and is also produced synthetically from glucose. It was formerly used as a diuretic and may still be used as a laxative and in irrigating solutions for some surgical procedures. It is also used in many manufacturing processes, as a pharmaceutical aid, and in several research applications.
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| MESH UI | M0020169
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| Semantic type UMLS property | |
| MeSH name | Sorbitol
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| NDFRT kind | INGREDIENT_KIND
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| type | |
| tui |
T109
T121
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| NUI | N0000006662
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| cui | C0037688
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| MESH DUI | D013012
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