Ethyl ester of iodinated fatty acid of poppyseed oil. It contains 37% organically bound iodine and has been used as a diagnostic aid (radiopaque medium) and as an antineoplastic agent when part of the iodine is 131-I. (From Merck Index, 11th ed)

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Ethiodized Oil

History note

1994; ETHIODIZED POPPY SEED OIL was (NM) 1991-1993; for LIPIDOL and LIPIODOL ULTRAFLUID use IODIZED OIL 1993-2010

Public note

2011; see ETHIODIZED OILS 1978-1993, see ETHIODOL 1973-1977; for ETHIODOL see ETHIODIZED OILS 1978-1993; ETHIODIZED POPPY SEED OIL was indexed under ETHIODIZED OILS 1991-1993; for LIPIODOL and LIPIODOL ULTRAFLUID see IODIZED OIL 1993-2010