Term Name: |
N-ethyl-N-(2-hydroxyethyl)nitrosamine |
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Synonyms: |
- 2-(ethylnitrosamino)ethanol
- Aethyl-aethanol-nitrosoamin
- EHEN
- ethyl(hydroxyethyl)nitrosamine
- ethyl-2-hydroxyethylnitrosamine
- ethylethanolnitrosamine
- N-ethyl-N-(2-hydroxyethyl)nitrous amide
- N-ethyl-N-hydroxyethylnitrosamine
- N-nitroso-N-ethyl-N-(2-hydroxyethyl)amine
- N-Nitrosoaethylaethanolamin
- N-nitrosoethyl-2-hydroxyethylamine
- N-nitrosoethylethanolamine
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Definition: |
A nitrosamine that is N-nitrosodiethylamine in which one of the ethyl froups has been replaced by a 2-hydroxyethyl group. It is used to induce renal and liver tumours in rodents.
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Ontology: |
ChEBI
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EBI
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