N-ethyl-N-(2-hydroxyethyl)nitrosamine

Term ID

CHEBI:141568

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

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A nitrosamine that is N-nitrosodiethylamine in which one of the ethyl froups has been replaced by a 2-hydroxyethyl group.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.

References

Ontology

ChEBI ( EBI )

Resources

CTD

Relationships

is a type of: nitrosamine primary alcohol

nitrosamine primary alcohol Show first 5 Terms
has_functional_parent: N-nitrosodiethylamine

N-nitrosodiethylamine Show first 5 Terms
has_role: carcinogenic agent

carcinogenic agent Show first 5 Terms

Phenotype

Phenotype resulting from N-ethyl-N-(2-hydroxyethyl)nitrosamine

Phenotype where environments contain N-ethyl-N-(2-hydroxyethyl)nitrosamine

Phenotype modified by environments containing N-ethyl-N-(2-hydroxyethyl)nitrosamine

Human Disease / Model Data