"Fatty Alcohols" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Usually high-molecular-weight, straight-chain primary alcohols, but can also range from as few as 4 carbons, derived from natural fats and oils, including lauryl, stearyl, oleyl, and linoleyl alcohols. They are used in pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, detergents, plastics, and lube oils and in textile manufacture. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 5th ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D005233
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.033.415 D10.289
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