| Descriptor English: | Ointment Bases | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: | Bases Oleosas 
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Bases para Pomadas | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Excipients pour pommade | ||||||
| Entry term(s): | Bases, Ointment | ||||||
| Tree number(s): | D26.650.523 D27.720.744.523 | ||||||
| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009823 | ||||||
| Scope note: | 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. | ||||||
| Annotation: | IM for general only; NIM when specific drug is IM; when IM, D25-26 qualif; when NIM, no qualif | ||||||
| Allowable Qualifiers: | AD                                                            administration & dosage AE adverse effects AN analysis CH chemistry CL classification CS chemical synthesis EC economics HI history IP isolation & purification ME metabolism PD pharmacology PK pharmacokinetics PO poisoning RE radiation effects SD supply & distribution ST standards TO toxicity TU therapeutic use | ||||||
| Public MeSH Note: | 91; was see under PHARMACEUTIC AIDS 1975-90 | ||||||
| Online Note: | search PHARMACEUTIC AIDS 1968-74 | ||||||
| History Note: | 91(75); was see under PHARMACEUTIC AIDS 1975-90 | ||||||
| Related: | Ointments
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| DeCS ID: | 10008 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D009823 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1991/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2003/07/09 | 
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                                        CHEMICALS AND DRUGS
 
 Pharmaceutical Preparations [D26]Pharmaceutical Preparations
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 CHEMICALS AND DRUGS
 Chemical Actions and Uses [D27]Chemical Actions and Uses
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                | Concept UI | M0015241 | 
| Scope note | 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. | 
| Preferred term | Ointment Bases | 
| Entry term(s) | Bases, Ointment | 
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