Purifying or cleansing agents, usually salts of long-chain aliphatic bases or acids, that exert cleansing (oil-dissolving) and antimicrobial effects through a surface action that depends on possessing both hydrophilic and hydrophobic properties.

DUI

D003902 MeSH Browser

CUI

M0006090

History note

91(81)63; was see under SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS 1981-90; was heading 1963-80

Public note

91; was see under SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS 1981-90; was heading 1963-80