Methyl n-Butyl Ketone
"Methyl n-Butyl Ketone" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An industrial solvent which causes nervous system degeneration. MBK is an acronym often used to refer to it.
| Descriptor ID |
D008742
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.522.520.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Methyl n-Butyl Ketone- Methyl n-Butyl Ketone
- Ketone, Methyl n-Butyl
- Methyl n Butyl Ketone
- n-Butyl Ketone, Methyl
- Butylmethyl Ketone
- Ketone, Butylmethyl
- Hexan-2-one
- Hexan 2 one
- 2-Hexanone
- 2 Hexanone
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Branchflower RV, Schulick RD, George JW, Pohl LR. Comparison of the effects of methyl-N-butyl ketone and phenobarbital on rat liver cytochromes P-450 and the metabolism of chloroform to phosgene. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 1983 Dec; 71(3):414-21.