Cetrimonium, cetyl trimethylammonium, or hexadecyltrimethylammonium is a
quaternary ammonium cation whose salts are used as antiseptics:
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Cetrimonium bromide
Cetrimonium bromide ( C16H33)N(CH3)3r; cetyltrimethylammonium bromide; hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide; CTAB) is a quaternary ammonium surfactant.
It is one of the components of the topical antiseptic cetrimide. The cetrimonium (hexadecyltrime ...
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Cetrimonium chloride
They have the
ATC code
The Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) Classification System is a drug classification system that classifies the active ingredients of drugs according to the organ or system on which they act and their therapeutic, pharmacological and chemical ...
s (as skin antiseptics) and (as throat antiseptics).
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Quaternary ammonium compounds