((O-Carboxyphenyl)thio) ethylmercury sodium salt; Elcide 75; Elicide; Ethyl(2-mercaptobenzoato-S)mercury sodium salt; O-(Ethylmercurithio) benzoic acid sodium salt; Ethylmercurithiosalicylic acid sodium salt; Ethyl (sodium O-mercaptobenzoato)mercury; Mercurothiolate; Ethyl(2-Mercaptobenzoate-S)-, sodium salt; Merfamin; Merthiolate; Merthiolate salt; Merthiolate sodium; Mertorgan; Merzonin; Merzonin sodium; Merzonin, sodium salt; SET; Sodium Ethylmercuric Thiosalicylate; Sodium O-(ethylmercurithio)benzoate; Sodium Ethylmercurithiosalicylate; Sodium Merthiolate; Thimerosalate; Thimerosol; Thimersalate; Thiomerosal; Thiomersal; Thiomersalate

Used in disinfecting irrigations, as a preservative in vaccines, drops and ointments for eyes, in blood plasmas as well as in verterinary medicine and for antiseptic surgical dressing. Thimerosal is used as an antibacterial and antifungal. It is used as a topical antiseptic on skin and mucous membranes. Thimerosal is a sulfhydryl (thiol) oxidizing reagent capable of inhibiting a wide range of sulfhydryl-dependent enzymes and proteins such as PI3-kinase-dependent methionine synthase, glutamate transport receptors, and Na++K+ dependent ATPases.