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CHEBI:132717 - bleaching agent
| ChEBI ID | CHEBI:132717 |
| ChEBI Name | bleaching agent |
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| Definition | A reagent that lightens or whitens a substrate through chemical reaction. Bleaching reactions usually involve oxidative or reductive processes that degrade colour systems. Bleaching can occur by destroying one or more of the double bonds in the conjugated chain, by cleaving the conjugated chain, or by oxidation of one of the other moieties in the conjugated chain. Their reactivity results in many bleaches having strong bactericidal, disinfecting, and sterilising properties. |
| Last Modified | 10 March 2021 |
| Submitter | Gareth Owen |
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| ChEBI Ontology |
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| Outgoing Relation(s) |
| bleaching agent (CHEBI:132717) is a reagent (CHEBI:33893) |
| Incoming Relation(s) |
| O-methyl-L-threonine (CHEBI:44514) has role bleaching agent (CHEBI:132717) |
| ammonium thiosulfate (CHEBI:147402) has role bleaching agent (CHEBI:132717) |
| Calcium hypochlorite (CHEBI:31342) has role bleaching agent (CHEBI:132717) |
| chlorine dioxide (CHEBI:52357) has role bleaching agent (CHEBI:132717) |
| dichlorine (CHEBI:29310) has role bleaching agent (CHEBI:132717) |
| disodium perborate hexahydrate (CHEBI:30176) has role bleaching agent (CHEBI:132717) |
| hydrogen peroxide (CHEBI:16240) has role bleaching agent (CHEBI:132717) |
| sodium dithionite (CHEBI:66870) has role bleaching agent (CHEBI:132717) |
| sodium hypochlorite (CHEBI:32146) has role bleaching agent (CHEBI:132717) |
| sodium perborate (CHEBI:30178) has role bleaching agent (CHEBI:132717) |
| food bleaching agent (CHEBI:78003) is a bleaching agent (CHEBI:132717) |
| Manual Xrefs | Databases |
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| Bleach | Wikipedia |