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Ethylmercuric Chloride MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Ethylmercuric Chloride
Tree Number(s)
D02.691.750.100.347.417
Unique ID
D005034
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005034
Scope Note
A highly toxic compound used as a fungicide for treating seeds.
Entry Term(s)
Ceresan
Chloroethylmercury
Ethyl Mercury Chloride
Ethylmercury Chloride
Granosan
Pharm Action
Fungicides, Industrial
Related Numbers
107-27-7
CAS Type 1 Name
Mercury, chloroethyl-
Previous Indexing
Antifungal Agents (1966-1971)
Mercury (1966-1971)
Mercury Poisoning (1966-1971)
Organometallic Compounds (1968-1971)
Public MeSH Note
91; was ETHYLMERCURY CHLORIDE see under ETHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS 1980-90; was ETHYL MERCURY CHLORIDE see under ETHYL MERCURY COMPOUNDS 1975-79
Online Note
use ETHYLMERCURIC CHLORIDE to search ETHYLMERCURY CHLORIDE 1980-90 & ETHYL MERCURY CHLORIDE 1972-79 (as Prov 1972-74)
History Note
91(80); was ETHYLMERCURY CHLORIDE see under ETHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS 1980-90; was ETHYL MERCURY CHLORIDE see under ETHYL MERCURY COMPOUNDS 1972-79 (Prov 1972-74)
Date Established
1991/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
2013/07/08
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