Inorg .2 Flashcards
Sodium bisulfate
ANTIOXIDANT
Sodium fluoride
ANTICARIOGENIC AGENT (2%)
Sodium iodide
EXPECTORANT IODINE SOLUBILIZER
Sodium nitrite
VASODILATOR
ANTIDOTE FOR CYANIDE POISONING
FOOD PRESERVATIVE
Sodium sulfate (Decahydrate)
“Glauber’s salt”
CATHARTIC
Potassium
predominant intracellular cation
Involved in smooth muslce contaction
Negative inotropic effect on heart
Potassium chlorate
COMPONENT OF TOOTHPASTE, GARGLES AND MOUTHWASHES DUE TO ITS COOLING, CLEANING, AND DEODORANT REACTION
Sulfated potash
“Liver of Sulfur”
MIXTURE OF POTASSIUM POLYSULFIDE AND POTASSIUM THIOSULFATE
USED IN THE PREPARATION OF WHITE LOTION (LOTIO ALBA, LOTIO SULFURATA)
Cesium
Catalyst in the polymerization of resinforming materials
Discovered by Robert Bunsen and Gustav Kirchoff
Spectrum of mineral water
Cesium chloride
DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION FOR THE SEPARATION OF RESIN
Ammonium bromide
COMPONENT OF FIVE BROMIDES ELIXIR AND THREE BROMIDES ELIXIR
Basic copper acetate
“Verdigris”
USE AS PINK PIGMENT
Ammoniated silver nitrate
“Howe’s solution”
ONE OF THE COMPONENTS OF TOLLEN’S REAGENT
Beryllium
Most toxic metal
Use in fluorescent lights
Toxicity: BERYlLIOSIS
MAGNESIUM TOXICITY
Hypermagnesemia
ANTIDOTE: CALCIUM GLUCONATE
Hydrated magnesium silicate
“Talc”
“Soapstone”
“French chalk”
SOFTEST MINERAL KNOWN
Calcium disodium versenate
MAY BE USED IN THE TREATMENT OF LEAD POISONING
BARIUM TOXICITY
Baritosis
ANTIDOTE: EPSOM SALT
Zinc oxide
Lassar’s Paste, Zinc White
Flower of Zinc, Lanaa Philosophica
Phompholyx
COMPONENT OF CALAMINE, LASAAR’S PLAIN ZINC PASTE, LASAAR’S ZINC PASTE WITH SALICYLIC ACID
Zinc peroxide
LIBERATES NASCENT OXYGEN
Zinc sulfide
White sulfide
MAJOR COMPONENT OF WHITE SULFIDE
THE ONLY WHITE SULFIDE
Boron
Vulcanizing rubber
Appears only in the +3 oxidation state
Mercuric potassium iodide
ANTIDOTE OF ALKALOID POISONING THROUGH PRECIPITATING EFFECT
Boric acid
“Sal sedativum hombergi”
2% SOLUTION AS AN EYEWASH
Sodium tetraborate
“Borax”
ALTERNATIVE TO GOLD EXTRACTION
DOBELL’S SOLUTION
- AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF BORAX
- ANTISEPTIC EYEWASH AND WET DRESSING FOR WOUND
Aluminum silicate
1.Kaolin
2.Bentonite
3.Pumice
4.Fuller’s Earth
Gallium
exhibits the “beating heart”
Txt in Non-hodgkin’s lymphoma, bladder cancer and cancer-related hypercalcemia
Purified siliceous earth
“Diatomaceous Earth”
“Purified Kieselgurh”
“Infusorial Earth”
DISTRIBUTING AND FILTERING MEDIUM
Kaolin
“Hydrated Aluminum Silicate” (native)
CLARIFYING AGENT
INTESTINAL ADSORBENT AND PROTECTIVE
Attapulgite
“POLYMAGMA”
BN: Diatabs
Quintess
- ADSORBENT FOR DIARRHEA
Layer silicate
1.Talc
2.Glass= Na2CO3 or CaCO3 with pure silica)
3.Simethicone
- BN: Disflatyl, Kremil-S, Mylanta
Stannous oxide
“Cassiterite”
5% OINTMENT = GERMICIDAL FOR STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTIONS
Stannous sulfide
“Aritificial Gold”
BRIGHT YELLOW PRECIPITATE
Lead acetate
“Sugar of Lead
USED TO PREPARE OTHER LEAD COMPOUNDS
ASTRINGENT
Lead subacetate
“Goulard’s Extract”
USED TO PREPARE GOULARD’S CERATE
ASTRINGENT
Lead oxide
“Litharge”
USED TO PREPARE LEAD SUBACETATE SOLUTION
Zirconium chloride
ANTIPERSPIRANT
Zirconium carbonate and oxide
USED TO TREAT ATHLETE’S FOOT
Nitrates and nitrites
used as preservatives, but are carcinogenics becuase they react with free radicals
Phosphorus
“light carrier”
“St. Elmo’s fire”
White or yellow phosphorus
toxic, antidote is Copper
Red phosphorus
non-toxic
ALLOTROPES:
1. Scarlet Phosphorous
2. Violet Phosphorous
3.Metallic or Black Phosphorous
4.Red Phosphorous
Arsenic
“Lewisite metal”
Component of the first antisyphilitic drug Salvarsan (aka Drug 606/ Arsphenamine)
Protoplasmic poisonpoisonous to all tissues
Arsenic toxicity
Mee’s lines, milk and roses complexion
Antidote:
- Freshly prepared mixture of Iron (III) and Mg(OH)2 administered PO if still in GIT
- Dimercaprol IM if already absorbed
Potassium arsenite solution
“Fowler’s Solution”
ANTILEUKEMIC AGENT
Antimony
“Stibium”
Dxpectorant
Emetic
Antiprotozoal
Anti-helmintic
Antimony sodium tartrate
“Tartar emetic”
“Brown mixture”
TREATMENT OF SCHISTOSOMIAL INFECTION (PARASITIC)
Bismuth poisoning
characterized by dark stools and bluelined gums
Antidote BAL
Milk of bismuth
Bismuth hydroxide + Bismuth subnitrate
INTERNAL PROTECTIVE FOR GASTIC ULCERS (KILLS H. PYLORI)
Ozonized air
Used in various disinfecting and bleaching operations
Reacts with all elements exccept Gold, Silver and Copper
Precipitated sulfur
“Milk of Sulfur”
“Lac Sulfur”
IN SULFUR OINTMENT FOR THE TXT OF SCABIES
Sublimed sulfur
“Flowers of Sulfur”
USED IN VLEMINCKX LOTION AND SOLUTION
FOR ACNE
Deficiency of chromium
Polydipsia
Polyphagia
Polyuria
Potassium dichromate
“Flowers of Sulfur”
POWERFUL OXIDIZING AGENT
USED TO CLEAN GLASSWARES
