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Descriptor English:   Lye 
Descriptor Spanish:   lejía 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Lixívia 
Tree Number:   D01.045.250.400
D01.248.497.158.459.344
Definition English:   Generally speaking, it is the alkaline substance obtained from wood ashes by percolation. Preparations of lye can be solutions of either potassium or sodium hydroxide. The term lye, is also used to refer to the household product which is a mixture of sodium hydroxide and sodium carbonate. 
Indexing Annotation English:   a caustic
Pharmacological Action:   Caustics
 
History Note English:   91(75); was see under CAUSTICS 1975-90 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
AD administration & dosage AE adverse effects
AG agonists AN analysis
AI antagonists & inhibitors BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid CS chemical synthesis
CH chemistry CL classification
EC economics HI history
IM immunology IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism PK pharmacokinetics
PD pharmacology PO poisoning
RE radiation effects ST standards
SD supply & distribution TU therapeutic use
TO toxicity UR urine
Record Number:   8368 
Unique Identifier:   D008191 

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