Oleic Acid

In some countries, this medicine may only be approved for veterinary use.

Scheme

Ph. Eur.

CAS registry number (Chemical Abstracts Service)

0000112-80-1

Chemical Formula

C18-H34-O2

Molecular Weight

282

Therapeutic Categories

Pharmaceutic aid

Veterinary used stimulant of cellular blood component infiltration

Chemical Names

(Z)-Octadec-9-enoic acid (Ph. Eur.)

18:1 cis-9

9-Octadecenoic acid, (Z)- (USAN)

cis-Δ9-Octadecenoic acid

Oleic Acid (USP)

Foreign Names

• Acidum oleicum (Latin)
• Ölsäure (German)
• Acide oléique (French)
• Ácido oleico (Spanish)

Generic Names

• 4-02-00-01641 (IS: Beilstein)
• BRN 1726542 (IS)
• CCRIS 682 (IS)
• D 100 (IS)
• Oleinic Acid (IS)
• UNII-2UMI9U37CP (IS)
• Oleic Acid (PH: Ph. Eur. 6, NF 27, BP 2010)
• CCRIS 1964 (IS)
• E 470a (IS)
• UNII-399SL044HN (IS)

Brand Names

• Alcos-Anal
  Meda, Norway



• Alcosanal (Oleic Acid and Chlorocarvacrol)
  Meda, Sweden



• Osteum (veterinary use)
  Summit, United States

International Drug Name Search

Glossary

IS	Inofficial Synonym
PH	Pharmacopoeia Name
Ph. Eur.	European Pharmacopoeia
USAN	United States Adopted Name
USP	Pharmacopoeia of the United States

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