Cetrimonium

Cetrimonium, cetyl trimethylammonium, or hexadecyltrimethylammonium is a quaternary ammonium cation whose salts are used as antiseptics:

They have the ATC codes D08AJ02 (WHO) (as skin antiseptics) and R02AA17 (WHO) (as throat antiseptics).

Antiseptics and disinfectants (D08)
Acridine derivatives	Ethacridine lactate 9-Aminoacridine Euflavine
Biguanides and amidines	Dibrompropamidine Chlorhexidine^# Propamidine Hexamidine Polihexanide
Phenol and derivatives	Hexachlorophene Policresulen Phenol Triclosan Triclocarban Chloroxylenol^# Biphenylol Fenticlor
Nitrofuran derivatives	Nitrofurazone
Iodine products	Iodine/octylphenoxypolyglycolether Povidone-iodine^# Diiodohydroxypropane
Quinoline derivatives	Dequalinium Chlorquinaldol Oxyquinoline Clioquinol
Quaternary ammonium compounds	Benzalkonium Benzethonium chloride Cetrimonium (bromide/chloride) Cetylpyridinium Cetrimide Benzoxonium chloride Didecyldimethylammonium chloride
Mercurial products	Mercuric amidochloride Phenylmercuric borate Mercuric chloride Merbromin Thiomersal Mercuric iodide
Silver compounds	Silver nitrate
Alcohols	Propanol (propyl alcohol) Isopropanol (isopropyl alcohol) Ethanol (ethyl alcohol)^#
Other	Potassium permanganate Sodium hypochlorite Hydrogen peroxide Eosin Tosylchloramide Octenidine dihydrochloride
^#WHO-EM ^‡Withdrawn from market Clinical trials: ^†Phase III ^§Never to phase III

Throat preparations (R02)
Antiseptics	Acriflavinium chloride Ambazone Amylmetacresol Benzalkonium Benzethonium Cetrimonium (bromide/chloride) Cetylpyridinium Chlorhexidine Chlorquinaldol Dequalinium Dichlorobenzyl alcohol Hexamidine Hexylresorcinol Myristyl-benzalkonium Oxyquinoline Phenol Povidone-iodine
Antibiotics	Bacitracin Fusafungine Gramicidin Neomycin Tyrothricin
Local anesthetics	Benzocaine Cocaine Dyclonine Lidocaine
Other	Flurbiprofen

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