Structured Summary
Abstract
A colorless, odorless gas that can be formed by the body and is necessary for the respiration cycle of plants and animals.
Chemical Identity
Chemical Information
- Molecular Formula
- CO2
- Molecular Weight
- 44.009 g/mol
- CAS Registry No.
- 124-38-9
- IUPAC Name
- carbon dioxide
- InChIKey
- CURLTUGMZLYLDI-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- SMILES
- C(=O)=O
- MeSH Unique ID
- D002245
- Source
- PubChem CID 280
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Synonyms
3 entry terms
- Carbonic Anhydride
- Anhydride, Carbonic
- Dioxide, Carbon
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Aspects Covered
25 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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Indexing Annotation
in respiration, /physiol permitted; /metab permitted for cell & tissue resp & non-lung tissue but do not use /metab for gas exchange in lung ( = PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE) or blood CO2 transport ( = /blood but consider also HYPERCAPNIA & HYPOCAPNIA)
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NLM Classification
QV 314
AMA Style
References
- National Library of Medicine. Carbon Dioxide. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002245. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002245
- Carbon Dioxide. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_dioxide
- Carbon Dioxide. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1997
- Carbon Dioxide. In: PubChem Compound. CID 280. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/280