Preferred Name |
Propellant |
ID |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C176661 |
ALT_DEFINITION |
Developing pressure in container which expels the product. Used in pharmaceuticals (nasal sprays and respiratory and topical formulations), cosmetics, and foods to provide force to expel contents from a container (e.g. aerosol propellant). (Pharmaceutical Excipients: A review Shilpa P Chaudhari and Pradeep S Patil Marathwada Mitra Mandal’s College of Pharmacy, Thergaon, Pune, Maharashtra, India. USP <1059>) |
code |
C176661 |
Concept_In_Subset | |
Contributing_Source |
FDA |
DEFINITION |
A substance used to create pressure within a container to expel the product within. |
FULL_SYN |
Propellant |
label |
Propellant |
NCI_META_CUI |
CL1642705 |
Preferred_Name |
Propellant |
prefixIRI |
Thesaurus:C176661 |
prefLabel |
Propellant |
Semantic_Type |
Chemical Viewed Functionally |
subClassOf |