"Nonoxynol" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Nonionic surfactant mixtures varying in the number of repeating ethoxy (oxy-1,2-ethanediyl) groups. They are used as detergents, emulsifiers, wetting agents, defoaming agents, etc. Nonoxynol-9, the compound with 9 repeating ethoxy groups, is a spermatocide, formulated primarily as a component of vaginal foams and creams.
| Descriptor ID |
D017137
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.033.455.250.700.620 D05.750.741.575 D25.720.741.575 J01.637.051.720.741.575
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| Concept/Terms |
Nonoxynol- Nonoxynol
- Nonoxinol
- Nonylphenoxypolyethoxyethanols
- Nonoxinols
- Nonoxynols
- Nonylphenoxypolyethoxyethanol
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