Chemicals and Drugs

Ointment Bases

Various mixtures of fats, waxes, animal and plant oils and solid and liquid hydrocarbons; vehicles for medicinal substances intended for external application; there are four classes: hydrocarbon base, absorption base, water-removable base and water-soluble base; several are also emollients.

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Abstract

Various mixtures of fats, waxes, animal and plant oils and solid and liquid hydrocarbons; vehicles for medicinal substances intended for external application; there are four classes: hydrocarbon base, absorption base, water-removable base and water-soluble base; several are also emollients.

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1 entry terms
  • Bases, Ointment

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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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Indexing Annotation

IM for general only; NIM when specific drug is IM; when IM, D25-26 qualif; when NIM, no qualif

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History Note

91(75); was see under PHARMACEUTIC AIDS 1975-90

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Tree Numbers

  1. D26.650.523
  2. D27.720.744.523

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Ointment Bases. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009823. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009823
  2. Ointment Bases. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q50430107