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Ethylene Glycols

"Ethylene Glycols" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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An ethylene compound with two hydroxy groups (-OH) located on adjacent carbons. They are viscous and colorless liquids. Some are used as anesthetics or hypnotics. However, the class is best known for their use as a coolant or antifreeze.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Ethylene Glycols" by people in this website by year, and whether "Ethylene Glycols" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 6 publications over 6 distinct years, with a maximum of 1 publications in 2002 and 2003 and 2012 and 2016 and 2018 and 2020
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