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Glycerol

"Glycerol" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A trihydroxy sugar alcohol that is an intermediate in carbohydrate and lipid metabolism. It is used as a solvent, emollient, pharmaceutical agent, or sweetening agent.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Glycerol" by people in this website by year, and whether "Glycerol" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 15 publications over 15 distinct years, with a maximum of 1 publications in 1994 and 1995 and 1996 and 1998 and 2002 and 2005 and 2009 and 2011 and 2013 and 2015 and 2016 and 2018 and 2019 and 2022 and 2023
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