Assertion: ammonium chloride | /r/CapableOf | maintain the urine
Facets:
value: at an acid ph
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Ammonium chloride is used as a systemic acidifying agent in treatment of severe metabolic alkalosis, in oral acid loading test to diagnose distal renal tubular acidosis, to maintain the urine at an acid pH in the treatment of some urinary-tract disorders.[citation needed]
text: Moreover, ammonium chloride is used by the pharmaceutical industry to produce cough syrop and expectorants and it is also included in the treatments of metabolic alkalosis and to maintain the urine pH.