CHEBI:53424 - polysorbate 20

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ChEBI Name polysorbate 20
ChEBI ID CHEBI:53424
Definition A polymer composed of PEG-ylated sorbitan, where the total number of poly(ethylene glycol) units is 20 (w + x + y + z = 20) and a single terminal is capped by a dodecanoyl group.
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Submitter Hilary Burch
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Formula C58H114O26
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 1226.75977
Monoisotopic Mass 1226.760
Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s): nonionic surfactant
A surfactant with an uncharged hydrophilic headgroup.
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Outgoing polysorbate 20 (CHEBI:53424) has role nonionic surfactant (CHEBI:38828)
polysorbate 20 (CHEBI:53424) is a dodecanoate ester (CHEBI:87659)
polysorbate 20 (CHEBI:53424) is a polysorbate (CHEBI:53422)
INNs Sources
polisorbato WHO MedNet
Polysorbate WHO MedNet
polysorbate WHO MedNet
Polysorbate 20 ChemIDplus
polysorbatum WHO MedNet
Synonyms Sources
Polyoxyethylene (20) sorbitan monolaurate ChemIDplus
Polyoxyethylene sorbitan monolaurate ChemIDplus
Tween 20 SUBMITTER
Manual Xrefs Databases
C11624 KEGG COMPOUND
D05565 KEGG DRUG
Polysorbate_20 Wikipedia
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
8187252 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
8973037 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
8973037 Beilstein Registry Number Beilstein
9005-64-5 CAS Registry Number KEGG COMPOUND
9005-64-5 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
9005-64-5 CAS Registry Number KEGG DRUG
Last Modified
26 August 2015