Methylcellulose

"Methylcellulose" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Methylester of cellulose. Methylcellulose is used as an emulsifying and suspending agent in cosmetics, pharmaceutics and the chemical industry. It is used therapeutically as a bulk laxative.

Descriptor ID	D008747
MeSH Number(s)	D09.698.365.180.663
Concept/Terms	Methylcellulose Methylcellulose Methyl Cellulose Cellulose, Methyl Muciplasma Muciplasma Citrucel Citrucel Cologel Cologel Cellulone Cellulone Celevac Celevac Methocel Methocel Cellothyl Cellothyl Dacryolarmes Dacryolarmes BFL BFL

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Methylcellulose".

Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Carbohydrates [D09]
Polysaccharides [D09.698]
Glucans [D09.698.365]
Cellulose [D09.698.365.180]
Methylcellulose [D09.698.365.180.663]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Methylcellulose".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Methylcellulose".

Methylcellulose
Carboxymethylcellulose Sodium

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