Health Effect: purgative
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Name | purgative | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ChEBI ID | 50503 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ChEBI Name | laxative | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ChEBI Definition | An agent that produces a soft formed stool, and relaxes and loosens the bowels, typically used over a protracted period, to relieve constipation. Compare with cathartic, which is a substance that accelerates defecation. A substances can be both a laxative and a cathartic. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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