Chemicals and Drugs

Reducing Agents

Materials that add an electron to an element or compound, that is, decrease the positiveness of its valence. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 5th ed)

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Abstract

Materials that add an electron to an element or compound, that is, decrease the positiveness of its valence. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 5th ed)

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Synonyms

5 entry terms
  • Reducing Agent
  • Reductant
  • Reductants
  • Agent, Reducing
  • Agents, Reducing

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18 allowable subheadings

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

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Previous Indexing

  • Oxidation-Reduction (1967-1996)

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  1. D27.720.470.410.690w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Reducing Agents. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019163. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019163
  2. Reducing Agents. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reducing_agent
  3. Reducing Agents. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q216830