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What is a bisphenol?

What is a bisphenol? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (organic chemistry) Any of a class of organic compounds, derived from methylenediphenol, CH2(C6H4OH)2, formed by the condensation of a phenol with an aldehyde or ketone.
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In these experiments, pregnant mice were exposed to low levels of bisphenol A at a time when their male fetuses' prostates were developing.
The Bisphenol A bischloroformate is then reacted with another chemical to produce a lightfast epoxy resin.
For example, Colborn says, bisphenol A, a component of plastic that is also used as a fire retardant, causes female mice to reach puberty earlier than normal.
Migrants examined in the tests included octene, styrene, limonene, bisphenol A, diphenyl butadiene and triclosan.
They can contain chemicals such as acrylate, peroxides, bisphenol, formaldehyde, polyurethane, toluene, and xylene, some of which have been suspected of toxicity.
Relative binding affinity-serum modified access assay predicts the relative in vivo bioactivity of the xenoestrogens bisphenol A and octylphenol.

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