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Descriptor English: Expectorants
Descriptor Spanish: Expectorantes
Descriptor expectorantes
Entry term(s) agente mucolítico
expectorante
mucolítico
mucolíticos
Scope note: Fármacos que aumentan la secreción mucosa. También pertenecen a esta clase los mucolíticos, que son fármacos que fluidifican las secreciones mucosas.
Descriptor Portuguese: Expectorantes
Descriptor French: Expectorants
Entry term(s): Agent, Mucolytic
Agents, Mucolytic
Expectorant
Mucolytic
Mucolytic Agent
Mucolytic Agents
Mucolytics
Tree number(s): D27.505.954.796.250
RDF Unique Identifier: https://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.
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
Related: Antitussive Agents MeSH
DeCS ID: 5198
Unique ID: D005100
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/05/27
Expectorants - Preferred
Concept UI M0008041
Scope note Agents that increase mucous excretion. Mucolytic agents, that is drugs that liquefy mucous secretions, are also included here.
Preferred term Expectorants
Entry term(s) Expectorant
Mucolytic Agents - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0008042
Preferred term Mucolytic Agents
Entry term(s) Agent, Mucolytic
Agents, Mucolytic
Mucolytic
Mucolytic Agent
Mucolytics



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