Methylcellulose
CHEBI:CHEBI_53448
Definition
A (1->4)-beta-D-glucan compound formed by methylating cellulose through exposure to NaOH/CH3Cl.
Chemical Information
- Molecular Formula
- (C9H16O5)n
- Charge
- 0
Alternative Names
- Cellulose methyl
- cellulose methyl ether
- Cellulose methylate
- E461
- methylated cellulose
- methylcellulose
- Methylcellulose
- Methylcellulosum
- Metilcelulosa
Drug Classification
-
beta-D-glucanView Class →
CHEBI:28793
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t244550
Important Medical Information
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Additional Identifiers
- DRON_00010000
- 6873
- oboInOwl#hasDbXref
- KEGG:D04996
- core#notation
- CHEBI:53448
Additional References
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Additional Attributes
- oboInOwl#hasOBONamespace
- chebi_ontology
- DRON_00010000
- 6873
- oboInOwl#hasDbXref
- KEGG:D04996
- oboInOwl#id
- CHEBI:53448
- core#notation
- CHEBI:53448
- oboInOwl#inSubset
- http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/chebi#3_STAR
- chebi#has_functional_parent
- http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_18246
- 22-rdf-syntax-ns#type
- http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class
- owl#annotatedSource
- t245669
- owl#someValuesFrom
- t3103889