"Tetrachloroethylene" 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.
A chlorinated hydrocarbon used as an industrial solvent and cooling liquid in electrical transformers. It is a potential carcinogen.
| Descriptor ID |
D013750
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.455.526.439.880
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| Concept/Terms |
Tetrachloroethylene- Tetrachloroethylene
- Tetrachloroethene
- Tetrachlorethylene
- Perchlorethylene
- Perchloroethylene
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Tetrachloroethylene" by people in Profiles.
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Amendment of hydroxyapatite in reduction of tetrachloroethylene by zero-valent zinc: its rate enhancing effect and removal of Zn(II). Chemosphere. 2008 Nov; 73(9):1420-7.
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Modeling field-scale cosolvent flooding for DNAPL source zone remediation. J Contam Hydrol. 2008 Feb 19; 96(1-4):1-16.
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Perturbation of voltage-sensitive Ca2+ channel function by volatile organic solvents. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2005 Dec; 315(3):1109-18.
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Reductive dechlorination of tetrachloroethene to trans-dichloroethene and cis-dichloroethene by PCB-dechlorinating bacterium DF-1. Environ Sci Technol. 2005 Apr 15; 39(8):2631-5.
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Cosolvent effect on the catalytic reductive dechlorination of PCE. Chemosphere. 2004 Dec; 57(10):1505-14.
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Metalloporphyrin solubility: a trigger for catalyzing reductive dechlorination of tetrachloroethylene. Environ Toxicol Chem. 2004 Feb; 23(2):252-7.
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Role of metalloporphyrin core metals in the mediated reductive dechlorination of tetrachloroethylene. Environ Toxicol Chem. 2003 Mar; 22(3):525-33.
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Biological reductive dechlorination of tetrachloroethylene and trichloroethylene to ethylene under methanogenic conditions. Appl Environ Microbiol. 1989 Sep; 55(9):2144-51.