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MeSH Heading: Chloroform
Tree Number(s): D02.455.526.439.224; D02.455.526.913.810
Unique ID: D002725
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002725
Scope Note: A commonly used laboratory solvent. It was previously used as an anesthetic, but was banned from use in the U.S. due to its suspected carcinogenicity.
Entry Term(s): Trichloromethane
Pharm Action: Solvents
Registry Numbers: 7V31YC746X
Related Numbers: 67-66-3
CAS Type 1 Name: Methane, trichloro-
NLM Classification #: QV 81
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2013/07/08

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analogs & derivatives (AA)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

Chloroform MeSH Descriptor Data 2025