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  2. Menthyl isovalerate - Wikipedia

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    Validol, the anxiety medication containing a roughly 25% solution of menthol in menthyl isovalerate is prepared essentially in one step, in which the amount of menthol added before conducting the acid catalysed esterification is in an excess such that the resulting solution of the yielded ester has around 25% menthol, simplifying the procedure.

  3. Menthol - Wikipedia

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    Menthol has local anesthetic and counterirritant qualities, and it is widely used to relieve minor throat irritation. Menthol has been demonstrated to cause a subjective nasal decongestant effect without any objective decongestant action, and administration of menthol via a nasal inhaler in humans has also been shown to cause nasal congestion ...

  4. Menthol (data page) - Wikipedia

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    The handling of this chemical may incur notable safety precautions. It is highly recommended that you seek the Material Safety Datasheet for this chemical from a reliable source such as SIRI or the links below, and follow its directions.

  5. Semi-empirical mass formula - Wikipedia

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    The formula represents the liquid-drop model proposed by George Gamow, [1] which can account for most of the terms in the formula and gives rough estimates for the values of the coefficients. It was first formulated in 1935 by German physicist Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker , [ 2 ] and although refinements have been made to the coefficients ...

  6. Homeopathic dilutions - Wikipedia

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    If one begins with a solution of 1 mol/L of a substance, the dilution required to reduce the number of molecules to less than one per litre is 1 part in 1×10 24 (24X or 12C) since: 6.02×10 23 /1×10 24 = 0.6 molecules per litre

  7. Throat lozenge - Wikipedia

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    A throat lozenge (also known as a cough drop, sore throat sweet, troche, cachou, pastille or cough sweet) is a small, typically medicated tablet intended to be dissolved slowly in the mouth to temporarily stop coughs, lubricate, and soothe irritated tissues of the throat (usually due to a sore throat or strep throat), possibly from the common ...

  8. Drop (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The drop is an approximated unit of measure of volume, the amount dispensed as one drop from a dropper or drip chamber.It is often used in giving quantities of liquid drugs to patients, and occasionally in cooking and in organic synthesis.

  9. Liniment - Wikipedia

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    The equine version of Absorbine is sometimes used by humans, [22] though, anecdotally, its benefits in humans may be because the smell of menthol releases serotonin, or due to a placebo effect. [20] Earl Sloan was a US entrepreneur who made his initial fortune selling his father's horse liniment formula beginning in the period following the ...