Detergents
"Detergents" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D003902
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D27.720.877.265 J01.516.381
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| Concept/Terms |
Synthetic Detergent- Synthetic Detergent
- Detergent, Synthetic
- Detergents, Synthetic
- Synthetic Detergents
- Syndet
Cleansing Agents- Cleansing Agents
- Agent, Cleansing
- Agents, Cleansing
- Cleansing Agent
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