Preferred Name

Mustard Gas [Chemical/Ingredient]

Synonyms

Di-2-chloroethyl Sulfide

ID

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000166337

altLabel

Di-2-chloroethyl Sulfide

Mustard Gas

Sulfur Mustard

Bis(beta-chloroethyl) Sulfide

Dichlorodiethyl Sulfide

Mustardgas

Yellow Cross Liquid

Yperite

Ethane, 1,1'-thiobis(2-chloro)-

cui

C0026874

MESH DEFINITION

Severe irritant and vesicant of skin, eyes, and lungs. It may cause blindness and lethal lung edema and was formerly used as a war gas. The substance has been proposed as a cytostatic and for treatment of psoriasis. It has been listed as a known carcinogen in the Fourth Annual Report on Carcinogens (NTP-85-002, 1985) (Merck, 11th ed).

MESH DUI

D009151

MeSH name

Mustard Gas

MESH UI

M0014271

NDFRT kind

INGREDIENT_KIND

notation

N0000166337

NUI

N0000166337

prefLabel

Mustard Gas [Chemical/Ingredient]

tui

T109

T131

subClassOf

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000008153

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