Chemicals and Drugs

Deodorants

Agents that remove, correct, repress, or mask undesirable ODORANTS. In personal hygiene, deodorants often contain astringent preparations that reduce SWEATING, referred to as ANTIPERSPIRANTS. (From Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed)

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Agents that remove, correct, repress, or mask undesirable ODORANTS. In personal hygiene, deodorants often contain astringent preparations that reduce SWEATING, referred to as ANTIPERSPIRANTS. (From Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed)

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  • Deodorant

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Indexed with the subheadings adverse effects, analysis, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, isolation & purification, legislation & jurisprudence, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity.

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  1. D27.720.269w.385w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Deodorants. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003836. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003836
  2. Deodorants. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deodorant
  3. Deodorants. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q309035