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pyrocatechol
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pyrocatechol /py·ro·cat·e·chol/ (pi″ro-kat´ĕ-kol) a compound comprising the aromatic portion in the synthesis of endogenous catecholamines; it has been used as a topical antiseptic and as a reagent.
py·ro·cat·e·chol (pr-kt-kôl, -kl)
n.
A biologically important organic phenol, having two hydroxyl groups attached to the benzene ring; used as a topical antiseptic. Also called catechol.
pyrocatechol
a metabolite of tannic acid used as a topical antiseptic. Prepared synthetically or extracted from powdered catechu. Called also catechol.


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During the first half of the study period (as well as during several decades before that), the River Kymijoki was severely loaded with effluents from pulp bleaching and chloro alkali and Ky-5 manufacture, resulting in high environmental levels of polychlorinated phenols, catechols, guaiacols, PCDD/Fs, diphenyl ethers, and mercury (Paasivirta 1996).
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