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Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Organic Chemicals [D02] » Alcohols » Glycols » Ethylene Glycols » Polyethylene Glycols » Polidocanol
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Macromolecular Substances [D05] » Polymers » Polyethylene Glycols » Polidocanol
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Biomedical and Dental Materials [D25] » Polymers » Polyethylene Glycols » Polidocanol
Technology, Industry, and Agriculture [J] » Technology, Industry, and Agriculture [J01] » Manufactured Materials » Biomedical and Dental Materials » Polymers » Polyethylene Glycols » Polidocanol
Description
An alkyl polyglycol ether of LAURYL ALCOHOL, chemically defined as an alcohol ethoxylate having an average alkyl chain of 12–14 carbon atoms, and an ethylene oxide chain of 9 ethylene oxide units. It is used as a detergent, and medically as a local anesthetic, and as a sclerosing agent for the treatment of ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES and VARICOSE VEINS. MeSH
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