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MeSH Heading: Barium Sulfate
Tree Number(s): D01.103.075; D01.875.800.800.850.075
Unique ID: D001466
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001466
Annotation: for enema, use BARIUM SULFATE not BARIUM
Scope Note: A compound used as an x-ray contrast medium that occurs in nature as the mineral barite. It is also used in various manufacturing applications and mixed into heavy concrete to serve as a radiation shield.
Entry Term(s): Barite; Baritop; Barium Sulfate (2:1); E-Z-CAT; Micropaque Oral
Pharm Action: Contrast Media
Registry Number: 25BB7EKE2E
Related Numbers: 25105-31-1; 7727-43-7
CAS Type 1 Name: Sulfuric acid, barium salt (1:1)
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/06/05

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Barium Sulfate MeSH Descriptor Data 2023