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povidone-iodine

iodine-containing antiseptic used for skin disinfection
Class type of: iodophor, ionomer Q241516

Facts

12 properties
Instance of
type of chemical entity
Subclass of
iodophor, ionomer[4][5]
Has use
medication[6]
Active ingredient in
Betadine[14]
Canonical SMILES
C=CN1CCCC1=O.II[2]
Chemical formula
C₆H₉I₂NO[3]
Defined daily dose
+0.2[15]
Different from
polyvinylpyrrolidone[10]
Has part(s)
polyvinylpyrrolidone, triiodide ion[7][8]
Mass
+364.87736[11]
NCI Thesaurus ID
C766[9]
Subject has role
local anti-infective agent, essential medicine[12][13]
🏷️ Also known as
en PVP-I en E-Z scrub en E-Z Scrub 201 en E-Z Scrub 241 en iodopovidone en polyvinylpyrrolidone-iodine en povidone iodine en povidone-iodine en Betadine en E-Z Prep en E-Z Prep 220 ar بوفيدون يودي ar بيتادين ar بوفيدون أيودين cs jodovaný povidon de Povidon-Iod el ιωδιούχος ποβιδόνη el Betadine es iodopovidona es batadine
🔖 Identifiers · 31
Library of Congress authority ID
sh85105954
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
ExAntiseptic.jpg ↗
ATC code
D11AC06, D09AA09, S01AX18, D08AG02, R02AA15, G01AX11
CAS Registry Number
25655-41-8
ChEBI ID
8347
ChEMBL ID
CHEMBL1201724
ChemSpider ID
362943
DSSTox substance ID
DTXSID8035712
DrugBank ID
DB06812
EC number
607-771-8
ECHA Substance Infocard ID
100.110.412
Electronic Essential Medicines List medicine ID
172
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Freebase ID
/m/05zbd3
HSDB ID
6831
ICSC ID
1471
InChI
InChI=1S/C6H9NO.I2/c1-2-7-5-3-4-6(7)8;1-2/h2H,1,3-5H2;
InChIKey
CPKVUHPKYQGHMW-UHFFFAOYSA-N
MeSH descriptor ID
D011206
MeSH tree code
D01.475.557.500, D02.455.326.271.884.533.710, D03.383.773.812.615.630, D05.750.716.721.838.745, D25.720.716.721.838.745, J01.637.051.720.716.721.838.745
NDF-RT ID
N0000147472, N0000146508
NSC number
26245
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007531666405171
PesticideInfo chemical ID
PRI5224
Probes And Drugs ID
PD118263
PubChem CID
410087
RxNorm CUI
8611
SureChEMBL ID
1652685
UNII
85H0HZU99M
UniChem compound ID
23223209
WikiProjectMed ID
Povidone-iodine
Yale LUX ID
concept/21505c94-796e-40d4-aa32-4bb922ebdf22

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🔗 Connections
Has part(s) 2
polyvinylpyrrolidone, triiodide ion
Subclass of 2
ionomer, iodophor
Belongs to 1
World Health Organization Model List of Essential Medicines
Different from 1
polyvinylpyrrolidone
Has use 1
medication
Subject has role 1
essential medicine
← Different from 1
polyvinylpyrrolidone
← FactGrid item ID 1
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Summary

povidone-iodine is a type of chemical entity[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . DrugBank. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Medical Subject Headings. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . RxNorm. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . whocc.no. whocc.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17d ago · DaSupremo · 2026-10-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'azb', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fr', '
    Sitelink count → 39
    Image → ExAntiseptic.jpg
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  2. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → polyvinylpyrrolidone
    Subclass of → iodophor, ionomer
    Has use → medication
    Subject has role → local anti-infective agent, essential medicine
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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