"Chloroform" 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 commonly used laboratory solvent. It was previously used as an anesthetic, but was banned from use in the U.S. due to its suspected carcinogenicity.
| Descriptor ID |
D002725
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.455.526.439.224 D02.455.526.913.810
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| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Chloroform" by people in Profiles.
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Anaerobic Biodegradation of Chloroform and Dichloromethane with a Dehalobacter Enrichment Culture. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2022 02 22; 88(4):e0197021.
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Anaerobic biotransformation of high concentrations of chloroform by an enrichment culture and two bacterial isolates. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2010 Oct; 76(19):6463-9.
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Association between chloroform levels in finished drinking water supplies and various site-specific cancer mortality rates. J Environ Pathol Toxicol. 1979 Jan-Feb; 2(3):873-87.