Polyethylene Glycols |
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| Carbowax 600; Carbowax-400; Macrogol 300; PEG 1000; PEG 6000; PEG 8000; PEG-400; PEO-400; Peg 400; Polyethylene Glycol; Polyethylene Glycol 2000; Polyethylene Glycol 300; Polyethylene Glycol 400; Polyethylene Glycol 4000; Polyethylene Glycol 6000 | |
| Polymers of ETHYLENE OXIDE and water and their ethers. They vary in consistency from liquid to solid, depending on the molecular weight, indicated by a number following the name. They are used as SURFACTANTS, dispersing agents, solvents, ointment and suppository bases, vehicles, and tablet excipients. Some specific groups are lauromagrogols, nonoxynols, octoxynols and poloxamers. | |