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cresol

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cre·sol  (krsôl, -sl, -sl)
n.
Any of three isomeric phenols, CH3C6H4OH, used in resins and as a disinfectant.
[Alteration of creosol.]
cresol [ˈkriːsɒl]
n
(Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) an aromatic compound derived from phenol, existing in three isomeric forms: found in coal tar and creosote and used in making synthetic resins and as an antiseptic and disinfectant; hydroxytoluene. Formula: C6H4(CH3)OH Also called cresylic acid Systematic name methylphenol
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Noun1.cresol - any of three poisonous colorless isomeric phenols; derived from coal or wood tar; used as a disinfectant
methyl phenol
Lysol - a clear oily brown solution of cresols in soap; used as an antiseptic and disinfectant
phenol - any of a class of weakly acidic organic compounds; molecule contains one or more hydroxyl groups
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As one example, a toxic ingredient called cresol was found in Lysol disinfectant in a study conducted by Natan and other researchers at the National Environmental Trust in 2004.
Keep Your Family Healthy by Kathy Summers / Natural Health
These include ammonia and amines (liver toxins), nitrosamines, indoles and skatoles (carcinogens), phenols and cresols (cancer promoters), estrogens (carcinogens and breast cancer promoters), secondary bileacids (carcinogens or active colon cancer promoters), aglycones (mutagens) and others.
Constipation - the Cause of Toxic Colon by Bardnurz Sham / Food/cooking/nutrition community
The treatment describes using microbes as a seeding stock, immobilizing microbial cells, semicontinuous culture and using either entrapped or adsorbed cell as the biological active catalyst in different types of bioreactors [18-20] Phenol and substituted phenols such as cresol and chlorinated phenols are byproducts in number of industrial processes such as petroleum refining petrochemical operations, coal cooking, coal gasification and liquefaction and steel productions [11].
Characterization of PHA Depolymerase in phenol degrading bacteria by Amro, Amara A.; Soheir, Salem R. / International Journal of Biotechnology & Biochemistry
 
 
 
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