has role poly(ethylene glycol) derivative detergent aromatic ether hydroxypolyether Nonidet P-40 (C2H4O)nC14H22O A poly(ether) macromolecule that is polyethylene glycol in which one of the terminal hydroxy groups has been converted to the corresponding p-octylphenyl ether. A nonionic, non-denaturing detergent, it is used for solubilising membrane proteins during isolation of membrane-protein complexes. n ~ 8. CHEBI:78708 Nonidet P40 PMID:21153705 PMID:3665099 PMID:4994906 PMID:6164428 PMID:6182965 PMID:9193715 Reaxys:10521959 Wikipedia:Nonidet_P-40 chebi_ontology octylphenolpoly(ethyleneglycolether) polyethylene glycol mono(4-octylphenyl) ether polyethylene glycol mono(octylphenyl) ether polyethylene glycol mono(p-octylphenyl) ether