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Summary Of: Chloroform

Chloroform has myriad uses as a... Chloroform was discovered in July... Soubeiran produced chloroform through the action of chlorine... Chloroform was named and chemically characterised in 1834 by... chloroform began to replace... chloroform is produced by heating a mixture of... Chloroform undergoes further chlorination to give... Chloroform was first produced industrially by the reaction of... The chloroform can be removed from the attendant... chloroform may be prepared by the reaction of sodium deuteroxide with... The major use of chloroform today is in the production of the refrigerant... Chloroform was developed in the mid... Inhaling chloroform vapors depresses the... The precise mechanism by which chloroform produces anesthesia is not certain... One possible mechanism of action for chloroform is that it increases movement of potassium ions through certain types of potassium channels in... shows that chloroform activates potassium channels... Chloroform may also act by increasing GABA neurotransmission... Chloroform is a common solvent because it is relatively unreactive... Small amounts of chloroform are used as a... Chloroform is an effective solvent for alkaloids in their base form and thus plant material is... commonly extracted with chloroform for pharmaceutical processing... chloroform serves as a source of the dichlorocarbene CCl... inhaling chloroform vapors depresses the... Chronic chloroform exposure may cause damage to the... where chloroform is metabolized to... of rats and mice that breathed chloroform during pregnancy have a higher incidence of... mice that have breathed air containing 400 ppm chloroform for a few days... Chloroform once appeared in... commercial chloroform is stabilized with...

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