Biomaterial Database

New organic sulphur vesicants; analogues of 2:2'-dichlorodiethyl sulphide and 2:2'-di(chloroethylthio)diethyl ether. ether. 1948

A H WILLIAMS, and F N WOODWARD

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007509	Irritants	Drugs that act locally on cutaneous or mucosal surfaces to produce inflammation; those that cause redness due to hyperemia are rubefacients; those that raise blisters are vesicants and those that penetrate sebaceous glands and cause abscesses are pustulants; tear gases and mustard gases are also irritants.	Counterirritant,Counterirritants,Irritant,Pustulant,Pustulants,Rubefacient,Rubefacients,Vesicant,Vesicants
D009151	Mustard Gas	Severe irritant and vesicant of skin, eyes, and lungs. It may cause blindness and lethal lung edema and was formerly used as a war gas. The substance has been proposed as a cytostatic and for treatment of psoriasis. It has been listed as a known carcinogen in the Fourth Annual Report on Carcinogens (NTP-85-002, 1985) (Merck, 11th ed).	Dichlorodiethyl Sulfide,Sulfur Mustard,Bis(beta-chloroethyl) Sulfide,Di-2-chloroethyl Sulfide,Mustardgas,Psoriazin,Yellow Cross Liquid,Yperite,Di 2 chloroethyl Sulfide,Gas, Mustard,Mustard, Sulfur,Sulfide, Di-2-chloroethyl,Sulfide, Dichlorodiethyl
D009930	Organic Chemicals	A broad class of substances containing carbon and its derivatives. Many of these chemicals will frequently contain hydrogen with or without oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, phosphorus, and other elements. They exist in either carbon chain or carbon ring form.	Organic Chemical,Chemical, Organic,Chemicals, Organic
D003879	Dermatologic Agents	Drugs used to treat or prevent skin disorders or for the routine care of skin.	Agent, Dermatologic,Agent, Dermatological,Agents, Dermatologic,Dermatologic Agent,Dermatological Agents,Agents, Dermatological,Dermatological Agent
D004986	Ether	A mobile, very volatile, highly flammable liquid used as an inhalation anesthetic and as a solvent for waxes, fats, oils, perfumes, alkaloids, and gums. It is mildly irritating to skin and mucous membranes.	Diethyl Ether,Ether, Ethyl,Ethyl Ether,Ether, Diethyl
D013455	Sulfur	An element that is a member of the chalcogen family. It has an atomic symbol S, atomic number 16, and atomic weight [32.059; 32.076]. It is found in the amino acids cysteine and methionine.	Sulfur-16,Sulfur 16
D013457	Sulfur Compounds	Inorganic or organic compounds that contain sulfur as an integral part of the molecule.	Sulfur Compound,Compound, Sulfur,Compounds, Sulfur