Chemicals and Drugs

Charcoal

An amorphous form of carbon prepared from the incomplete combustion of animal or vegetable matter, e.g., wood. The activated form of charcoal is used in the treatment of poisoning. (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed)

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Structured Summary

Abstract

An amorphous form of carbon prepared from the incomplete combustion of animal or vegetable matter, e.g., wood. The activated form of charcoal is used in the treatment of poisoning. (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed)

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Drug Class

Pharmacological Action

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Synonyms

19 entry terms
  • Actidose
  • Actidose-Aqua
  • Activated Charcoal
  • Adsorba
  • Carbomix
  • Charbon
  • CharcoAid
  • CharcoCaps
  • Charcodote
  • Formocarbine
  • Insta-Char
  • Kohle-Compretten
  • Kohle-Hevert
  • Kohle-Pulvis
  • Kohle-Tabletten Boxo-Pharm
  • Liqui-Char
  • Norit
  • Ultracarbon
  • Charcoal, Activated

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Aspects Covered

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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History Note

1994; for NORIT use CARBON 1982-1993

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  1. D01w.268w.150w.150w

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NLM Classification

QV 601

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Charcoal. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002606. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002606
  2. Charcoal. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charcoal
  3. Charcoal. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q177463