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MeSH Heading: Reducing Agents
Tree Number(s): D27.720.470.410.690
Unique ID: D019163
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019163
Scope Note: Materials that add an electron to an element or compound, that is, decrease the positiveness of its valence. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 5th ed)
Entry Term(s): Reducing Agent; Reductant; Reductants
Previous Indexing: Oxidation-Reduction (1967-1996)
Public MeSH Note: 97
History Note: 97
Date Established: 1997/01/01
Date of Entry: 1996/06/10
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: M0028569
Scope Note: Materials that add an electron to an element or compound, that is, decrease the positiveness of its valence. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 5th ed)
Terms: Reducing Agents Preferred Term
Term UI T057158
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1997); Reductant
Term UI T000997328
Date11/18/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Reducing Agent
Term UI T000997329
Date11/18/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Reductants
Term UI T057159
Date02/08/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1997)

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