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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Soaps
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Jabones
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Sabões
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Synonyms English:
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Soap
Soap Solution
Soap Solutions
Solution, Soap
Solutions, Soap
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Tree Number:
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D27.720.877.265.861
J01.516.872
VS2.004.001.001.003
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Definition English:
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Sodium or potassium salts of long chain fatty acids. These detergent substances are obtained by boiling natural oils or fats with caustic alkali. Sodium soaps are harder and are used as topical anti-infectives and vehicles in pills and liniments; potassium soaps are soft, used as vehicles for ointments and also as topical antimicrobials. |
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History Note English:
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91(81)63; was see under SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS 1981-90; was heading 1963-80
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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13297
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Unique Identifier:
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D012915
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Occurrence in VHL:
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Similar:
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DeCS
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