Chemicals and Drugs

Volatile Organic Compounds

Organic compounds that have a relatively high VAPOR PRESSURE at room temperature.

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Structured Summary

Abstract

Organic compounds that have a relatively high VAPOR PRESSURE at room temperature.

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Synonyms

5 entry terms
  • Volatile Organic Compound
  • Compound, Volatile Organic
  • Compounds, Volatile Organic
  • Organic Compound, Volatile
  • Organic Compounds, Volatile

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Aspects Covered

24 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.

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Indexing Annotation

general or unspecified; do not add routinely as a coordinate with specific organic compounds; index only when volatility is specifically discussed

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History Note

2009

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Tree Number

  1. D02w.974w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Volatile Organic Compounds. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D055549. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D055549
  2. Volatile Organic Compounds. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volatile_organic_compound
  3. Volatile Organic Compounds. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q910267