Structured Summary
Abstract
Finely powdered native hydrous magnesium silicate. It is used as a dusting powder, either alone or with starch or boric acid, for medicinal and toilet preparations. It is also an excipient and filler for pills, tablets, and for dusting tablet molds. (From Merck Index, 11th ed)
Chemical Identity
Chemical Information
- Molecular Formula
- H2Mg3O12Si4
- Molecular Weight
- 379.27 g/mol
- IUPAC Name
- trimagnesium;decakis(oxygen(2-));tetrakis(silicon(4+));dihydroxide
- InChIKey
- JACYTZHPXAPJCY-UHFFFAOYSA-L
- SMILES
- [OH-].[OH-].[O-2].[O-2].[O-2].[O-2].[O-2].[O-2].[O-2].[O-2].[O-2].[O-2].[Mg+2].[Mg+2].[Mg+2].[Si+4].[Si+4].[Si+4].[Si+4]
- MeSH Unique ID
- D013627
- Source
- PubChem CID 122173976
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Synonyms
1 entry terms
- Talcum Powder
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Aspects Covered
25 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analogs & derivatives, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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Indexing Annotation
talc granuloma = TALC /adv eff + GRANULOMA, FOREIGN-BODY /etiol (not /chem ind)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Talc. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013627. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013627
- Talc. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108584660
- Talc. In: PubChem Compound. CID 122173976. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/122173976