Charcoal

"Charcoal" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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An amorphous form of carbon prepared from the incomplete combustion of animal or vegetable matter, e.g., wood. The activated form of charcoal is used in the treatment of poisoning. (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed)

Descriptor ID	D002606
MeSH Number(s)	D01.268.150.150
Concept/Terms	Charcoal Charcoal Actidose-Aqua Actidose-Aqua Paddock Brand 1 of Activated Charcoal Cambridge Laboratories Brand of Activated Charcoal Activated Charcoal Activated Charcoal Charcoal, Activated Adsorba Adsorba Gambro Brand of Activated Charcoal Carbomix Carbomix Penn Brand of Activated Charcoal Pharmygiène Brand of Activated Charcoal Central Brand of Activated Charcoal Charbon Charbon Chefaro Brand of Activated Charcoal CharcoAid CharcoAid Little Remedies Brand of Activated Charcoal CharcoCaps CharcoCaps Requa Brand of Activated Charcoal Charcodote Charcodote Pharmascience Brand of Activated Charcoal Formocarbine Formocarbine GlaxoSmithKline Brand of Activated Charcoal Insta-Char Insta-Char Kerr Brand of Activated Charcoal Kohle-Compretten Kohle-Compretten Merck Selbstmedikation Brand of Activated Charcoal Kohle-Hevert Kohle-Hevert Hevert Brand of Activated Charcoal Kohle-Pulvis Kohle-Pulvis Köhler Brand of Activated Charcoal Kohle-Tabletten Boxo-Pharm Kohle-Tabletten Boxo-Pharm Cheplapharm Brand of Activated Charcoal Liqui-Char Liqui-Char Monarch Brand of Activated Charcoal Norit Norit Ultracarbon Ultracarbon Merck Brand of Activated Charcoal Actidose Actidose Paddock Brand 2 of Activated Charcoal

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Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Inorganic Chemicals [D01]
Elements [D01.268]
Carbon [D01.268.150]
Charcoal [D01.268.150.150]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2012	1	0	1
2022	0	1	1

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