"Alcohols" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Alkyl compounds containing a hydroxyl group. They are classified according to relation of the carbon atom: primary alcohols, R-CH2OH; secondary alcohols, R2-CHOH; tertiary alcohols, R3-COH. (From Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed)
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D000438
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.033
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| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Alcohols" by people in Profiles.
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Perspectives of compounding pharmacists on alcohol-based hand sanitizer production and utilization for COVID-19 prevention in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A descriptive phenomenology study. PLoS One. 2021; 16(4):e0250020.
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Air Curtains Equipped With Hydroalcoholic Aerosol Sprayers for Massive COVID-19 Disinfection. Front Public Health. 2020; 8:582782.
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Could Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizer Be an Option for Hand Hygiene for Households in Rural Bangladesh? Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2021 Jan 18; 104(3):874-883.
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Increased microbial loading in aerosols produced by non-contact air-puff tonometer and relative suggestions for the prevention of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). PLoS One. 2020; 15(10):e0240421.
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Alcohol-based hand sanitisers as first line of defence against SARS-CoV-2: a review of biology, chemistry and formulations. Epidemiol Infect. 2020 09 29; 148:e229.
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Antiviral efficacy of personal care formulations against Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2. Infect Dis Health. 2021 02; 26(1):63-66.
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Inactivation of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 by WHO-Recommended Hand Rub Formulations and Alcohols. Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 07; 26(7):1592-1595.
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Hand sanitisers amid CoViD-19: A critical review of alcohol-based products on the market and formulation approaches to respond to increasing demand. Int J Pharm. 2020 Jun 30; 584:119431.
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Exaggeration of health risk of congener alcohols in unrecorded alcohol: does this mislead alcohol policy efforts? Regul Toxicol Pharmacol. 2019 10; 107:104432.
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The Alcohol Extract of Coreopsis tinctoria Nutt Ameliorates Diabetes and Diabetic Nephropathy in db/db Mice through miR-192/miR-200b and PTEN/AKT and ZEB2/ECM Pathways. Biomed Res Int. 2019; 2019:5280514.