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What does phenol mean?

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  1. (organic chemistry) A caustic, poisonous, white crystalline compound, C6H5OH, derived from benzene and used in resins, plastics, and pharmaceuticals and in dilute form as a disinfectant and antiseptic; once called carbolic acid.
  2. (organic chemistry) Any of a class of aromatic organic compounds having at least one hydroxyl group attached directly to the benzene ring.
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Mitochondrial DNA was extracted from two fish using a standard phenol and chloroform extraction protocol.
Toilet and glass cleaners contain ammonia, cresol, ethanol, and phenol, all of which can irritate or burn your skin and lungs.
The encapsulated wasp egg then melanizes, a process most likely mediated by phenol oxidase released by crystal cells.
Following digestion, each sample was purified with two phenol extractions and a single chloroform extraction.
We do often give some intravenous sedation for the stronger peels such as the phenol peel.
With benzene, it is used to synthesize first cumene and then acetone and phenol.

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