Chemicals and Drugs

Alkalies

Usually a hydroxide of lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium or cesium, but also the carbonates of these metals, ammonia, and the amines. (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed)

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Usually a hydroxide of lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium or cesium, but also the carbonates of these metals, ammonia, and the amines. (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed)

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  • Alkali
  • Alkalis

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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.

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singular form is "alkali"; /adv eff: consider also MILK-ALKALI SYNDROME see HYPERCALCEMIA

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Alkalies. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000468. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000468
  2. Alkalies. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkali
  3. Alkalies. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q485742