Drug common name | Polytetrafluoroethylene |
INN | politef |
Description | Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) is a synthetic fluoropolymer of tetrafluoroethylene. It belongs to the per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)) and has numerous applications. The commonly known brand name of PTFE-based composition is Teflon by Chemours, a spin-off from DuPont, which originally discovered the compound in 1938.
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Classification | Small molecule |
Drug class | — |
Image (chem structure or protein) | ![]() |
Structure (InChI/SMILES or Protein Sequence) | — |
PDB | — |
CAS-ID | 9002-84-0 |
RxCUI | — |
ChEMBL ID | CHEMBL1201480 |
ChEBI ID | — |
PubChem CID | — |
DrugBank | — |
UNII ID | E1NC1JVS3O (ChemIDplus, GSRS) |