Formaldehyde

CAS registry number (Chemical Abstracts Service)

0000050-00-0

Chemical Formula

C-H2-O

Molecular Weight

30

Therapeutic Categories

Antiseptic

Disinfectant

Ectoparasiticide

Chemical Name

Formaldehyde (IUPAC)

Foreign Names

• Formaldehydum (Latin)
• Formaldehyd (German)
• Formaldéhyde libre (French)
• Formaldehído (Spanish)

Generic Names

• CCRIS 315 (IS)
• Formic aldehyde (IS)
• Methanal (IS)
• Methyl aldehyde (IS)
• Methylene oxide (IS)
• NSC 298885 (IS)
• Oxomethane (IS)
• Oxymethylene (IS)
• UNII-1HG84L3525 (IS)
• Formaldehyde Solution (PH: USP 32)
• Formalin (OS: JAN)
• Formol (IS)
• Morbicid (IS)
• Veracur (IS)
• Formaldehyde Solution (PH: Ph. Eur. 6, BP 2010, USP 32)
• Formalin (PH: JP XV)

Brand Names

• Pasta Devitalizzante (Formaldehyde and Lidocaine)
  Ogna, Italy



• Clear Fc (Formaldehyde and Cresol)
  Agusa Nippon, Japan



• Dental Formalin Cresol (Formaldehyde and Cresol)
  Nippon Shika YakuhinDental Pharm, Japan



• Dental Formcresol (Formaldehyde and Cresol)
  Agusa Nippon, Japan



• Dental Formcresol Showa (Formaldehyde and Cresol)
  Showa Yakuhin Kako, Japan



• Formalin Guaiacol FG (Formaldehyde and Guaiacol)
  Neo Dental Seiykau, Japan



• Formalin
  Toho Droge, Japan



• Formcresol FC (Formaldehyde and Cresol)
  Neo Dental Seiykau, Japan



• Osomol (Formaldehyde and Guaiacol)
  Pierre Rolland, France

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Glossary

IUPAC	International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
IS	Inofficial Synonym
JAN	Japanese Accepted Name
OS	Official Synonym
PH	Pharmacopoeia Name

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