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MeSH Heading: Fluorocarbons
Tree Number(s): D02.455.526.510.435
Unique ID: D005466
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005466
Annotation: do not confuse with HYDROCARBONS, FLUORINATED or CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS or TELOMERE
Scope Note: Liquid perfluorinated carbon compounds which may or may not contain a hetero atom such as nitrogen, oxygen or sulfur, but do not contain another halogen or hydrogen atom. This concept includes fluorocarbon emulsions, and fluorocarbon blood substitutes. Perfluorinated and related polyfluorinated chemicals are referred to as PFAS and are defined as chemicals with at least two adjacent carbon atoms, where one carbon is fully fluorinated and the other is at least partially fluorinated.
Entry Term(s): Fluorinated Telomer Alcohols; Fluoro-Telomer Alcohols; Fluorocarbon; Fluorocarbon Emulsion; Fluorocarbon Emulsions; Fluorotelomer Phosphate Esters; N-Alkyl Perfluoroalkyl Sulfonamido Carboxylates; PFAS Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances; PFC Perfluorinated Chemicals; PFECAs Perfluoropolyether Carboxylic Acids; Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances; Perfluoroalkane Sulfonamides; Perfluoroalkyl Carboxylates; Perfluoroalkyl Ether Carboxylates; Perfluoroalkyl Polyether Carboxylates; Perfluorocarbon; Perfluorocarbons; Perfluoropolyether Carboxylic Acids; Polyfluorinated Telomer Alcohols; Polyfluorocarbons; Telomer Fluorocarbons
Previous Indexing: Fluorocarbon Polymers (1974-1976); Freons (1974-1976); Hydrocarbons, Fluorinated (1974-1976)
See Also: Blood Substitutes
Public MeSH Note: 77; was see under FLUOROCARBON POLYMERS 1975-76; PERFLUOROBUTYL TETRAHYDROFURAN was see under FURANS 1975-77
History Note: 77(75); was see under FLUOROCARBON POLYMERS 1975-76
Date Established: 1977/01/01
Date of Entry: 1974/11/19
Revision Date: 2022/07/08

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

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)

Organic Chemicals [D02]
- Hydrocarbons [D02.455]
  - Hydrocarbons, Halogenated [D02.455.526]
    - Hydrocarbons, Fluorinated [D02.455.526.510]

Fluorocarbons Preferred

Concept UI: M0008625
Scope Note: Liquid perfluorinated carbon compounds which may or may not contain a hetero atom such as nitrogen, oxygen or sulfur, but do not contain another halogen or hydrogen atom. This concept includes fluorocarbon emulsions, and fluorocarbon blood substitutes. Perfluorinated and related polyfluorinated chemicals are referred to as PFAS and are defined as chemicals with at least two adjacent carbon atoms, where one carbon is fully fluorinated and the other is at least partially fluorinated.
Terms: Fluorocarbons Preferred Term
Term UI T016629
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1975); Perfluorocarbon
Term UI T001004225
Date12/27/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Fluorocarbon
Term UI T001004226
Date12/27/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Perfluorocarbons
Term UI T016630
Date04/02/1980
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Polyfluorocarbons
Term UI T001114761
Date11/24/2021
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2023); Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances
Term UI T001114762
Date11/24/2021
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2023); PFAS Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances
Term UI T001114763
Date11/24/2021
LexicalTag ACX
ThesaurusID NLM (2023); PFC Perfluorinated Chemicals
Term UI T001115130
Date11/29/2021
LexicalTag ABX
ThesaurusID NLM (2023)

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Fluorocarbons MeSH Descriptor Data 2024