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Dinitrophenol

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Sports medicine—Body-building A potent non-selective inhibitor of oxidative phosphorylation, which results in increased metabolism and increased body temperature, and has been used illegally for weight control
Toxicology Any of a family of compounds used in weed control and, at one time, for weight control, which may cause death due to the uncoupling of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation, resulting in increased body temperature, rapid breathing, tachycardia, nausea, flushed skin, cyanosis, collapse, coma; dinitrophenol poisoning causes rapid death or recovery in 24 hours
Management Ice baths, O2, correct fluid and electrolyte imbalances
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Wood, "Dinitrophenol poisoning: a diagnosis to consider in undiagnosed fever," Southern Medical Journal, vol.
Use of Prostab eliminates the need for dinitrophenol and dinitrocresol products, which are said to be somewhat effective in controlling tar but require stringent regulatory reporting in the U.S.
Eloise Parry, 21, who was a student at Wrexham Glyndwr University, died in hospital on April 12 2015 after taking tablets containing the poisonous Dinitrophenol (DNP).
Former Glasgow University student Eloise Parry died in April 2015 after taking tablets containing the poisonous dinitrophenol (DNP).
To quantify target and competitor PCR products separately, amplification products are labeled during PCR with DIG and dinitrophenol (DNP), respectively.
Among these, two methods are arsenic based: one is based on a formulation of copper, chrome and arsenic (CCA) substances; the other is based on formulations of dinitrophenol, fluoride, and arsenic (DFA) substances.
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