 Ethylene Glycol
"Ethylene Glycol" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A colorless, odorless, viscous dihydroxy alcohol. It has a sweet taste, but is poisonous if ingested. Ethylene glycol is the most important glycol commercially available and is manufactured on a large scale in the United States. It is used as an antifreeze and coolant, in hydraulic fluids, and in the manufacture of low-freezing dynamites and resins.
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D019855
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.033.455.250.268
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| Concept/Terms |
Ethylene Glycol- Ethylene Glycol
- Glycol, Ethylene
- Monoethylene Glycol
- Glycol, Monoethylene
- 1,2-Ethanediol
- 1,2 Ethanediol
- 2-Hydroxyethanol
- 2 Hydroxyethanol
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| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2018 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ethylene Glycol" by people in Profiles.
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Hoyte C, Schimmel J, Hadianfar A, Banerji S, Nakhaee S, Mehrpour O. Toxic alcohol poisoning characteristics and treatments from 2000 to 2017 at a United States regional poison center. Daru. 2021 Dec; 29(2):367-376.
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Li WJ, Jayakody LN, Franden MA, Wehrmann M, Daun T, Hauer B, Blank LM, Beckham GT, Klebensberger J, Wierckx N. Laboratory evolution reveals the metabolic and regulatory basis of ethylene glycol metabolism by Pseudomonas putida KT2440. Environ Microbiol. 2019 10; 21(10):3669-3682.
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Tedesco PM, Schumacher GJ, Johnson TE. Cryoprotectant toxicity in Caenorhabditis elegans. Cryobiology. 2019 02; 86:71-76.
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Cypser JR, Chick WS, Fahy GM, Schumacher GJ, Johnson TE. Genetic suppression of cryoprotectant toxicity. Cryobiology. 2019 02; 86:95-102.
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Nussbaum A, Thurstone C, Binswanger I. Medical marijuana use and suicide attempt in a patient with major depressive disorder. Am J Psychiatry. 2011 Aug; 168(8):778-81.
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Miller BJ, Yekutiel M, Sodergren AH, Howard DL, Dunn ME, Vaida V, Kjaergaard HG. Overtone spectra of 2-mercaptoethanol and 1,2-ethanedithiol. J Phys Chem A. 2010 Dec 09; 114(48):12692-700.
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McStay CM, Gordon PE. Images in clinical medicine. Urine fluorescence in ethylene glycol poisoning. N Engl J Med. 2007 Feb 08; 356(6):611.
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