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Abstract
Purifying or cleansing agents, usually salts of long-chain aliphatic bases or acids, that exert cleansing (oil-dissolving) and antimicrobial effects through a surface action that depends on possessing both hydrophilic and hydrophobic properties.
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24 entry terms
- Detergent
- Cleansing Agents
- Detergent Pods
- Laundry Detergent Pods
- Laundry Pods
- Syndet
- Synthetic Detergent
- Agent, Cleansing
- Agents, Cleansing
- Cleansing Agent
- Detergent Pod
- Detergent Pod, Laundry
- Detergent Pods, Laundry
- Detergent, Synthetic
- Detergents, Synthetic
- Laundry Detergent Pod
- Laundry Pod
- Pod, Detergent
- Pod, Laundry
- Pod, Laundry Detergent
- Pods, Detergent
- Pods, Laundry
- Pods, Laundry Detergent
- Synthetic Detergents
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19 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, 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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History Note
91(81)63; was see under SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS 1981-90; was heading 1963-80
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Detergents. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003902. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003902
- Detergents. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detergent
- Detergents. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q334637