National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 21, 2019
Preferred Name

Ethanol

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C216

Obsolete

true

CAS_Registry

64-17-5

code

C216

Concept_Status

Retired_Concept

DEFINITION

A colorless organic liquid also known as ethyl alcohol or grain alcohol. Ethanol's primary physiologic effects involve the central nervous system. Depending on the dose delivered, ethanol behaves as an anxiolytic, a depressant, or a general anesthetic. Ethanol-induced immunosuppression involves dysregulation of CD4+ T cells. (NCI04)

deprecated

true

DesignNote

Merge with Alcohol

FULL_SYN

Alcohol

Absolute Ethanol

label

Ethanol

NSC_Code

85228

OLD_KIND

Chemicals_and_Drugs_Kind

OLD_PARENT

Alcohol_Chemical_Class

OLD_ROLE

Chemical_or_Drug_Is_Metabolized_By_Enzyme|Cytochrome-P450-2E1

Preferred_Name

Ethanol

prefixIRI

C216

prefLabel

Ethanol

Semantic_Type

Organic Chemical

Pharmacologic Substance

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C83481

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