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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 17 publications over 15 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2019 and 2023
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