bleaching agent

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.

ChEBI ID: 132717

Members (4)

Member	Definition	Class
calcium hypochlorite		Calcium hypochlorite
chlorine		dichlorine
o-methyl threonine	An L-threonine derivative that is L-threonine with a methyl group replacing the hydrogen on the hydroxy side chain.	O-methyl-L-threonine
sodium hypochlorite	An inorganic sodium salt in which hypochlorite is the counterion. It is used as a bleaching and disinfecting agent and is commonly found in household bleach.	sodium hypochlorite

Research

Studies (15,770)

Timeframe	Studies, Drugs with This Role(%)	All Drugs %
pre-1990	4,997 (31.69)	18.7374
1990's	1,420 (9.00)	18.2507
2000's	3,611 (22.90)	29.6817
2010's	4,100 (26.00)	24.3611
2020's	1,642 (10.41)	2.80

Study Types

Publication Type	Studies, Drugs with this Role (%)	All Drugs (%)
Trials	580 (3.38%)	5.53%
Reviews	683 (3.98%)	6.00%
Case Studies	399 (2.33%)	4.05%
Observational	7 (0.04%)	0.25%
Other	15,485 (90.27%)	84.16%

Protein Targets (2)

Potency Measurements

Protein	Taxonomy	Measurement	Average (mM)	Bioassay(s)	Drugs
mitogen-activated protein kinase 1	Homo sapiens (human)	Potency	0.0010	1	1
Nuclear receptor ROR-gamma	Homo sapiens (human)	Potency	2.3710	1	1