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Methanol

Established medicine
ResearchOngoing research
Also known as ALCOHOL,METHYL, Alcohol Methyl, METHYL ALCOHOL, Wood alcohol+1 more

ALCOHOL,METHYL, Alcohol Methyl, METHYL ALCOHOL, Wood alcohol, Wood naphtha.

RxNorm1310568ChEMBLCHEMBL14688UNIIY4S76JWI15
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Research papers
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Recent clinical, regulatory, research and industry developments relating to this drug.

More power, less payoff: Study reveals a bottleneck in cleaner methanol production

Industry2026-11-03Manufacturing · Phys.org — Chemistry

Thermochemical adsorption at high overpotentials limits molecular CO-to-methanol electroreduction

Industry2026-11-02Nature Chemistry

Simultaneous methanol recovery and CO2 capture in a single rotating packed bed (RPB) reactor

Industry2026-10-12Nature — Environmental Sciences

Investigating purge gas recycling and optimal injection point selection in a methanol plant using operability energy exergy and environmental metrics

Industry2026-08-31Manufacturing · Nature — Environmental Sciences

Iron-induced demethoxylation of lignin as an important source for methanol and its oxidation products in the environment

Industry2026-08-13Nature — Environmental Sciences

Aluminum phosphate-modified red clay as a stable nanocomposite catalyst for the selective conversion of methanol to dimethyl ether

Industry2026-08-04Nature — Environmental Sciences

Efficient removal of methylene blue using Azolla/biochar composite: adsorption behavior and post-use valorization for methanol oxidation

Industry2026-07-15Nature — Environmental Sciences

Homogeneous Catalysis for Sustainable Energy: Hydrogen and Methanol Economies, Fuels from Biomass, and Related Topics.

Research2021-11-02Chemical reviews

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Identifiers & mechanism

Canonical identifiers, marketed brand names and mechanism, resolved across RxNorm, ChEMBL and ATC.

Canonical name
Methanol
Aliases & brands
ALCOHOL,METHYLAlcohol MethylMETHYL ALCOHOLWood alcoholWood naphtha
RxNorm CUI
1310568
ChEMBL ID
CHEMBL14688
UNII
Y4S76JWI15

Research activity

1 paper

Key research shaping understanding of this drug, combining the latest publications with the most influential evidence.

Major research themes2
Hydrogen1Methanol1
Journals, researchers & institutions
Top journals
  • Chemical reviews1
Leading researchers
  • Daw P1
  • Kumar A1
  • Milstein D1
Leading institutions
free-text, unnormalised
  • Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Berhampur1
  • School of Chemistry1
  • Weizmann Institute of Science1

Related drugs

1 matches

Drugs sharing diseases, protein targets and literature with this one. Ranked by graph evidence (shared targets + diseases weighted above co-mentions).

Hydrogen

Frequently co-studied with Methanol in the research literature.

1 shared paper
References & data sources
  • RxNorm (U.S. National Library of Medicine) — drug identity
  • ChEMBL (EMBL-EBI) & UniProt — pharmacology and targets
  • Europe PMC — research literature