ReviewPharmacy (Basel, Switzerland)2017
Soothing Properties of Glycerol in Cough Syrups for Acute Cough Due to Common Cold.
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- Development and Analysis of Bilayer Foamed Oleogels Stabilized with Ecogel™: Exploring the Role of Tween 80 in Modifying Physicochemical Properties.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- Neuromodulators in Acute and Chronic Cough in Children: An Update from the Literature.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Well-Established and Traditional Use of Vegetal Extracts as an Approach to the "Deep Roots" of Cough.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
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- Chemosensory Contributions of E-Cigarette Additives on Nicotine Use.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Review
- Cough Remedies for Children and Adolescents: Current and Future Perspectives.Paediatric drugs · 2020Article
- Comparison of Maceration and Ultrasonication for Green Extraction of Phenolic Acids fromMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
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- Upper Respiratory Tract Infection-Associated Acute Cough and the Urge to Cough: New Insights for Clinical Practice.Pediatric allergy, immunology, and pulmonology · 2020Review
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Abstract
The treatment and management of acute cough due to common cold costs billions of dollars of healthcare expenditure and there is a growing opinion that a simple linctus containing glycerol with flavourings such as honey and lemon is a safe and effective treatment for acute cough in children and adults. Glycerol is a component of most cough syrups, and although it is often thought of only as a solvent or thickening agent in cough syrups, it may be a major component for the efficacy of cough syrups due to its special properties of lubrication, demulcency, sweetness, and acting as a humectant. The major benefit of cough syrups in soothing cough is likely due to the properties of the syrup rather than the active ingredients and this review discusses the special properties of glycerol in relation to the treatment of acute cough.
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