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Organic Chemicals > Amines > Aniline Compounds > Bromhexine > Ambroxol
Organic Chemicals > Amines > Cyclohexylamines > Bromhexine > Ambroxol
... > Polycyclic Compounds > Macrocyclic Compounds > Cycloparaffins > Cyclohexanes > Cyclohexylamines > Bromhexine > Ambroxol
... > Organic Chemicals > Hydrocarbons > Hydrocarbons, Cyclic > Hydrocarbons, Alicyclic > Cycloparaffins > Cyclohexanes > Cyclohexylamines > Bromhexine > Ambroxol

Preferred term

Ambroxol  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • 4-(((2-Amino-3,5-dibromophenyl)methyl)amino)cyclohexanol
  • Bromhexine Metabolite VIII
  • Metabolite VIII, Bromhexine

Scope note

  • A metabolite of BROMHEXINE that stimulates mucociliary action and clears the air passages in the respiratory tract. It is usually administered as the hydrochloride.

History note

  • 91(77); was see under BROMHEXINE 1977-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000551

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