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Expectorants

Known as: Expectorant, expectorant agents 
Any agent that promotes ejection of mucus or exudate from the lungs, bronchi and trachea by decreasing mucus viscosity or by increasing the secretion… 
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Review
2010
Review
2010
Efficacy, safety and tolerability of salbutamol + guaiphenesin + bromhexine (Ascoril) expectorant versus expectorants containing salbutamol and either guaiphenesin or bromhexine in productive cough…
Patients with acute bronchitis, acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis and asthmatic bronchitis suffer from cough with… 
2007
2007
Déremboursement des mucolytiques et des expectorants : quel impact sur la prescription des généralistes ?
Suite a la vague de deremboursement du 1 er mars 2006, les medecins generalistes ont baisse de moitie la prescription de… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Controle de autenticidade de óleos de copaíba comerciais por cromatografia gasosa de alta resolução
Copaiba oil is a resin extracted from the trunk of trees of Copaifera species which grow in Brazil where it is widely used in… 
1993
1993
Plants in Cardiology
We are in an era of sophisticated artificial synthesis of pharmaceuticals and dwindling forests. It is thus appropriate that we… 
1977
1977
Quantitative determinations of codeine phosphate, guaifenesin, pheniramine maleate, phenylpropanolamine hydrochloride, and pyrilamine maleate in an expectorant by high-pressure liquid chromatography.
The quantitative determinations of codeine phosphate, guaifenesin, pheniramine maleate, phenylpropanolamine hydrochloride, and… 
1977
1977
[Pharmacological studies on expectorants (author's transl)].
Perry and Boyd's method described in 1941 appears to be the most suitable for evaluating the efficacy of expectorants. In this… 
1964
1964
The expectorant action of cephaeline, emetine and 2‐dehydroemetine
Cephaeline, emetine and 2‐dehydroemetine were administered, as the dihydrochlorides, in doses from 0.1 to 81 mg/kg body weight… 
Review
1956
Review
1956
Pancreatic dornase aerosol in pulmonary, endotracheal and endobronchial disease.
(Vanidase), trypsin and of detergents such as alevaire has been popularized. Trypsin has been shown to be effective by many… 
1941
1941
THE INFLUENCE OF EXPECTORANTS AND GASES: ON SPUTUM AND THE MUCOUS MEMBRANES OF THE TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE
The treatment of pulmonary or bronchial suppuration is a frequent task of the otolaryngologist who devotes a portion of his time… 
1941
1941
PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF SPUTUM: II. INFLUENCE OF DRUGS, STEAM, CARBON DIOXIDE AND OXYGEN
In the first part of this study spontaneous variations in the physical and chemical qualities of sputum were observed and… 
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