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CHEBI ONTOLOGY - ANNOTATIONS

The Chemical Entities of Biological Interest (ChEBI) ontology is downloaded weekly from EMBL-EBI at http://www.ebi.ac.uk/chebi/. The data is made available under the Creative Commons License (CC BY 3.0, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). For more information see: Degtyarenko et al. (2008) ChEBI: a database and ontology for chemical entities of biological interest. Nucleic Acids Res. 36, D344–D350.

Term:chlorofluorocarbon
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Accession:CHEBI:134024 term browser browse the term
Definition:An organochlorine compound derived from methane, ethane or propane that contains atoms of carbon, chlorine, and fluorine only. They are nontoxic, nonflammable chemicals used in aerosol sprays and as refrigerants. Being ozone depletion agents, their manufacture and use is being phased out under the Montreal Protocol.
Synonyms:related_synonym: CFC;   CFCs;   chlorofluorocarbons
 xref: Wikipedia:Chlorofluorocarbon



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  CHEBI ontology 19922
    role 19894
      chemical role 19495
        greenhouse gas 12890
          chlorofluorocarbon 0
            1,1,2-Trichlorotrifluoroethane 0
            trichlorofluoromethane 0
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  CHEBI ontology 19922
    subatomic particle 19892
      composite particle 19892
        hadron 19920
          baryon 19892
            nucleon 19920
              atomic nucleus 19892
                atom 19892
                  main group element atom 19866
                    p-block element atom 19866
                      carbon group element atom 19805
                        carbon atom 19802
                          organic molecular entity 19775
                            heteroorganic entity 19556
                              organohalogen compound 18535
                                organochlorine compound 18332
                                  chlorofluorocarbon 0
                                    1,1,2-Trichlorotrifluoroethane 0
                                    trichlorofluoromethane 0
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