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MeSH Heading: Expectorants
Tree Number(s): D27.505.954.796.250
Unique ID: D005100
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005100
Scope Note: Agents that increase mucous excretion. Mucolytic agents, that is drugs that liquefy mucous secretions, are also included here.
Entry Term(s): Expectorant; Mucolytic; Mucolytic Agent; Mucolytic Agents; Mucolytics
Registry Numbers: 0
See Also: Antitussive Agents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

analysis (AN)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

history (HI)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

Concept UI: M0008042
Registry Numbers: 0
Terms: Mucolytic Agents Preferred Term
Term UI T015619
Date03/30/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Mucolytic Agent
Term UI T000997655
Date11/19/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Mucolytics
Term UI T015620
Date03/14/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995); Mucolytic
Term UI T000997657
Date11/19/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021)

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