Active ingredientThiomersal Sodium SaltCat. No. P-T093-001CAS 54-64-8Family · Pharmaceutical analytical standards
Thiomersal
An organomercury compound with antiseptic and antifungal action, synthesised by the chemist Morris Kharasch and patented in the late 1920s; it is used as a preservative in eye and nasal products, skin test antigens and immunoglobulin preparations. This family brings together the active ingredient.
Did you know?Kharasch is also famous for the peroxide effect: in 1933, with Frank Mayo, he showed that peroxides change the way hydrogen bromide adds to alkenes, proposing a free-radical mechanism.
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EDQM standards 1
The official European Pharmacopoeia standards for this family.
Reference substanceThiomersal CRSEDQM code Y0000109Family ThiomersalNeed a molecule you cannot find?
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