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MeSH Heading: Sodium Hypochlorite
Tree Number(s): D01.210.465.800; D01.650.550.400.800; D01.857.750
Unique ID: D012973
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012973
Annotation: needle bleaching (as by intravenous drug users) is indexed under SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE + DISINFECTION + NEEDLES
Scope Note: It is used as an oxidizing and bleaching agent and as a disinfectant. (From Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed)
Entry Term(s): Antiformin; Clorox; Sodium Hypochlorite (Solution)
Pharm Action: Disinfectants
Oxidants
Related Numbers: 7681-52-9
CAS Type 1 Name: Hypochlorous acid, sodium salt
Public MeSH Note: 65
History Note: 65
Date Established: 1965/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2013/07/08

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

Sodium Hypochlorite MeSH Descriptor Data 2025