JH Samour, TA Bailey, I. Keymer
Sep 9, 1995
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Veterinary Record
Abstract
AMMONIUM chloride (NH4Cl) or ammonium muriate is an inorganic salt, commercially available as hygroscopic colourless crystals or as a white crystalline powder with a cool saline taste. The LD50 in the rat is 1650 mg/kg. Its application in both human and veterinary medicine is primarily for acidifying the urine and increasing the rate of urine flow, but it is also widely used as secretory expectorant and cilia augmentor. This is probably achieved by increasing directly or indirectly the beat frequencies of the cilia in the respiratory tract, but the exact mode of action or the mechanism involved is poorly understood (Brander and others, 1991).