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Ponstel (health) and 1-hexadecanol (medicine)


Ponstel (health)


Ponstel is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in Other countries. Active ingredient(s): mefenamic acid.





1-hexadecanol (medicine)


1-hexadecanol -->
cetyl alcohol


The 16-carbon alcohol corresponding to palmitic acid, so called because it is isolated from among the hydrolysis products of spermaceti; it is used as an emulsifying aid and in the preparation of "washable" ointment bases.

Synonym: 1-hexadecanol, palmityl alcohol.