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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:diatomaceous earth
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Accession:CHEBI:82661 term browser browse the term
Definition:A form of silicon dioxide composed of skeletons of prehistoric diatoms (a type of hard-shelled algae). It can absorb up to four times its weight in water, and is used as an absorbent, filtration aid, and mild abrasive.
Synonyms:related_synonym: Celite;   diatomite;   fossil flour;   kieselguhr;   siliceous earth
 xref: CAS:61790-53-2;   PMID:24516665;   PMID:24767070;   PMID:25024689;   Wikipedia:Diatomaceous_earth



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  CHEBI ontology 19911
    chemical entity 19909
      chemical substance 14419
        mineral 4325
          diatomaceous earth 0
            Anaerocult(TM) 0
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  CHEBI ontology 19911
    subatomic particle 19909
      composite particle 19909
        hadron 19880
          baryon 19880
            nucleon 19909
              atomic nucleus 19880
                atom 19909
                  main group element atom 19849
                    p-block element atom 19849
                      chalcogen 19598
                        oxygen atom 19570
                          oxygen molecular entity 19570
                            oxide 12774
                              inorganic oxide 7780
                                silicon oxide 5610
                                  silicon dioxide 5610
                                    diatomaceous earth 0
                                      Anaerocult(TM) 0
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