Ethiodized oil

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Ethiodized oil (Ethiodol®, Savage Laboratories) is used by injection as a radio-opaque contrast agent.

Ethiodized oil is composed of iodine combined with ethyl esters of fatty acids of poppyseed oil, primarily as ethyl monoiodostearate and ethyl diiodostearate. The precise structure is not known.