thimerosal

Term ID

CHEBI:9546

Synonyms

• [(o-carboxyphenyl)thio]ethylmercury sodium salt
• ethyl(2-mercaptobenzoato-S)mercury sodium salt
• ethylmercurithiosalicylate sodium
• ethylmercurithiosalicylic acid sodium salt
• mercurothiolate
• Merthiolate
• o-(ethylmercurithio)benzoic acid sodium salt
• sodium [(2-carboxylatophenyl)sulfanyl](ethyl)mercurate(1-)
• sodium ethyl[2-(sulfanyl-kappaS)benzoato(2-)]mercurate(1-)
• sodium ethylmercurithiosalicylate
• sodium merthiolate
• Thimerosal
• Thiomersal
• thiomersalate
• thiomersalum
• tiomersal

Definition

An alkylmercury compound (approximately 49% mercury by weight) used as an antiseptic and antifungal agent.

References

• cas:54-64-8
• gmelin:1677155
• kegg.drug:D00864
• ppdb:3062
• pubmed:18837732
• pubmed:21616561
• pubmed:21785120
• pubmed:22015977
• pubmed:22366633
• pubmed:22658806
• pubmed:22811707
• pubmed:23145070
• pubmed:23223227
• pubmed:23282150
• pubmed:23401210
• pubmed:23554557
• pubmed:23843785
• pubmed:23949514
• pubmed:23965928
• pubmed:23992327
• pubmed:25042713
• reaxys:8169555
• vsdb:3062

Ontology

ChEBI  ( EBI )

Resources

CTD