"Soaps" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Sodium or potassium salts of long chain fatty acids. These detergent substances are obtained by boiling natural oils or fats with caustic alkali. Sodium soaps are harder and are used as topical anti-infectives and vehicles in pills and liniments; potassium soaps are soft, used as vehicles for ointments and also as topical antimicrobials.
| Descriptor ID |
D012915
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D27.720.877.265.861 J01.516.872
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| Concept/Terms |
Soap Solution- Soap Solution
- Soap Solutions
- Solution, Soap
- Solutions, Soap
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| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Soaps" by people in Profiles.
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Tkachenko E, Blankenship K, Goldberg D, Scharf MJ, Weedon S, Levin NA. Dish soap for complete tick detachment. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2021 Mar; 84(3):e123.
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Bernhard JD. Medical pearl: pruritus ani and seborrheic dermatitis. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2005 May; 52(5):895.