Aluminum sulfate is a medication used to prevent infections and to treat minor bleeding. Aluminum (Al), also spelled aluminum, chemical element, a lightweight, silvery-white metal of main Group 13 (IIIa, or boron group) of the periodic table.
- Mechanism
- Curator reviewed · 3 references
When used as a deodorant, the volume of sweat produced is reduced by narrowing sweat ducts. The inhibition of body odor causing bacteria is another important strategy for deodorization.
By inhibiting or deactivating odor-producing bacteria, there is little to none metabolism of sweat components thus decreasing the occurrence of body odor.
Recent studies suggest that the active binding of alum to the membranes of dendritic cells (DCs) result in alteration of lipid membranes structures as a key process in alum's adjuvant effect in vaccines. As new adjuvants are being developed, alum may remain as an ingredient of adjuvant combinations, or it may eventually be supplemented by other agents that more effectively provide depot and local inflammatory responses to accentuate host immune responses.
- Primary indication
- Solutions containing 5 to 10% aluminum sulfate have been used as local applications to ulcers and to arrest foul discharges from mucous surfaces.Curator reviewed · 1 structured indication
- Formula / weight
- Al2O12S3 · 342.151 g/mol (avg)
- First approval
- Canada, 2000
- Also known as
- Aluminium sulfate · Dialuminum sulfate · Dialuminum trisulfate
- Code names
- E-520 · INS-520 · INS NO.520
- Brand names
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Which drugs share a target with Aluminum sulfate, and which of those have an active Phase 3 trial?
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