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Emulsions

"Emulsions" 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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Colloids formed by the combination of two immiscible liquids such as oil and water. Lipid-in-water emulsions are usually liquid, like milk or lotion. Water-in-lipid emulsions tend to be creams. The formation of emulsions may be aided by amphiphatic molecules that surround one component of the system to form MICELLES.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Emulsions" by people in this website by year, and whether "Emulsions" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 6 publications over 5 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2004
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