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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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2016
2016
Prescription audit and drug utilization pattern in a tertiary care teaching hospital in BHOPAL
Background: In India, a proper reporting of medication errors in the hospital is not available. Drugs worth crores of rupee are… 
2011
2011
RECENT ASPECT OF ETHNOBOTANICAL APPLICATION AND MEDICINAL PROPERTIES OF TRADITIONAL INDIAN HERBS SANTALUM ALBUM
The health benefits of Sandal Wood Essential Oil can be attributed to its properties like anti septic, anti inflammatory, anti… 
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… 
Review
2007
Review
2007
Antitussive Activity of the Ethanolic Extract of Paederia foetida ( Rubiaceae family ) in Non-Anaesthetized Cats
Nosáoová G. , J . Mokr ̆, A. Ather , M.T.H. Khan: Antitussive Activity of the Ethanolic Extract of Paederia foetida (Rubiaceae… 
1985
1985
No demonstrable effect of sobrerol as an expectorant in patients with stable chronic bronchial diseases.
A randomized double-blind cross-over study compared the clinical effectiveness of a 14-day treatment with 400 mg X day-1 of… 
1982
1982
A new method for evaluating mucolytic expectorant activity and its application. I. Methodology.
A new method for evaluating in vivo effect of mucolytic expectorants was devised. In this report, however, the focus is placed on… 
1977
1977
The effect of an expectorant on the tracheal mucosa. A scanning-electron microscopic study.
The effect of an intravenous expectorant agent, i.e. Bisolvon, on the secretory activity of the tracheal mucosa of the dog was… 
Review
1976
Review
1976
Adverse reactions to iodide therapy of asthma and other pulmonary diseases.
Neonatal deaths from tracheal obstruction caused by congenital goiters have been reported from such widely scattered locales as… 
1958
1958
The influence of some expectorants on the rate of ciliary beat in the trachea of living rats.
In an earlier paper 1 I reported the effect of some nose-drop solutions on the ciliary activity in the upper respiratory tract… 
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…