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Status:
US Approved OTC
First marketed in 1921

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Hydrogen peroxide has been used in medicine for more than 100 years. It is known in surgery as a highly useful irrigation solution by virtue of both its hemostatic and its antimicrobial effects. Hydrogen peroxide is a mild antiseptic used on the skin...
Status:
US Approved OTC
First marketed in 1921

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Struvite, a crystalline substance first identified in the 18th century, is composed of magnesium ammonium phosphate. Struvite urinary stones are also known as ‘infection stones’, and account for 15%-20% of all urinary stones. Bacterial urease, usuall...
Status:
US Approved OTC
First marketed in 1921

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Sodium is the primary cation (positive ion) in extracellular fluids in animals and humans. Sodium ions are necessary for regulation of blood and body fluids, transmission of nerve impulses, heart activity, and certain metabolic functions. Physiologic...
Status:
Other

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)

Carbon tetrachloride, also called tetrachloromethane, a colourless, dense, highly toxic, volatile, nonflammable liquid possessing a characteristic odour and belonging to the family of organic halogen compounds, used principally in the manufacture of ...
Status:
Other

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)

Conditions:

p-Toluenesulfonic acid (PTSA) is an organic compound with the formula CH3C6H4SO3H. An aromatic sulfonic acid, often used as a strong acid catalyst. p-Toluenesulfonic acid monohydrate has been used as a reducing agent for the reductive amination of ke...
Brucine is an alkaloid resembling strychnine but it is much less potent than strychnine. Brucine was first discovered in 1819 by Pelletier and Caventou in the bark of the Strychnos nux vomica tree. Brucine causes paralysis of the peripheral nerve end...
Status:
US Previously Marketed
First marketed in 1921

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)

Hydrobromic acid is a useful reagent for generating organobromine compounds. It was shown that hydrobromic acid could initiate or exacerbate inflammatory pulmonary disease.
Status:
US Previously Marketed
First marketed in 1921

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)

Status:
Possibly Marketed Outside US
First approved in 2015

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)

Palladium is a rare and lustrous silvery-white metal. Palladium has the lowest melting point and is the least dense of platinum group metals. The primary use for palladium is in catalytic converters for the automotive industry. Palladium-based comple...
Status:
Possibly Marketed Outside US
First approved in 1955

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)