"Benzalkonium Compounds" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A mixture of alkylbenzyldimethylammonium compounds. It is a bactericidal quaternary ammonium detergent used topically in medicaments, deodorants, mouthwashes, as a surgical antiseptic, and as a as preservative and emulsifier in drugs and cosmetics.
| Descriptor ID |
D001548
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.092.877.096.040 D02.675.276.080
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Benzalkonium Compounds" by people in Profiles.
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Sanidad KZ, Yang H, Wang W, Ozay EI, Yang J, Gu M, Karner E, Zhang J, Kim D, Minter LM, Xiao H, Zhang G. Effects of Consumer Antimicrobials Benzalkonium Chloride, Benzethonium Chloride, and Chloroxylenol on Colonic Inflammation and Colitis-Associated Colon Tumorigenesis in Mice. Toxicol Sci. 2018 06 01; 163(2):490-499.
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He GX, Landry M, Chen H, Thorpe C, Walsh D, Varela MF, Pan H. Detection of benzalkonium chloride resistance in community environmental isolates of staphylococci. J Med Microbiol. 2014 May; 63(Pt 5):735-741.
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Yranski PA, Gamache ME. New options for barrier contraception. J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs. 2008 May-Jun; 37(3):384-9.
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Jimidar M, Beyns I, Rome R, Peeters R, Musch G. Determination of benzalkonium chloride in drug formulations by capillary electrophoresis (CE). Biomed Chromatogr. 1998 May-Jun; 12(3):128-30.