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  • noun organic chemistry A hydroxy secondary amine, (HO-CH2-CH2)2NH, used as a chemical intermediate and to absorb acidic gases.

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  • Simply, a substance called diethanolamine partially blocks the effect of alcohol on animals.

    Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991

  • Simply, a substance called diethanolamine partially blocks the effect of alcohol on animals.

    Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991

  • Diethanolamine Manufacturer Reckitt Benckiser will neither confirm nor deny this, but the patent information for at least one version of Easy-Off indicates that diethanolamine can be used in place of up to 60 percent of the monoethanolamine.

    What's Inside: Foamalicious, Vaporlicious Easy-Off Oven Cleaner 2008

  • Shower Shock is an all vegetable based glycerine soap which does * not* contain any harsh ingredients like ethanol, diethanolamine, polyethylene glycol or cocyl isethionate.

    Boing Boing: May 19, 2002 - May 25, 2002 Archives 2002

  • Group Two mice were injected with alcohol two hours after the injection of diethanolamine, a drug that we believed might block the hydroxyl radical in alcohol.

    Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991

  • Could it be that these hydroxyl radicals, among the simplest of all compounds, were in some way responsible for the blocking action of diethanolamine?

    Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991

  • Chemical structural comparison of ethanol and the ethanol antagonist diethanolamine.

    Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991

  • Group Three mice were injected with alcohol two hours after the injection of dimethoxyethylamine, a substance that resembles diethanolamine, but has no hydroxyl radical.

    Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991

  • We concluded, therefore, that the hydroxyl radical in diethanolamine was in some manner and to some degree interfering with the action of the hydroxyl radical in alcohol on specific receptor sites in the brain.

    Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991

  • What intrigued me was that alcohol contains a hydroxyl OH radical, as you can see in Figure 7-2, and diethanolamine contains two of them.17

    Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991

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