Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A toxic white crystalline compound, C6Cl5OH, used in solution as a fungicide and wood preservative.
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- noun organic chemistry A fully
chlorinated derivative ofphenol that is used as afungicide andwood preservative
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Pentachlorophenol monooxygenase 1.14.13.50 1 Nomenclature EC number 1.14.13.50 Systematic name pentachlorophenol, NADPH: oxygen oxidoreductase (hydroxylating, dechlori - nating)
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Recommended name pentachlorophenol monooxygenase Synonyms PCP hydroxylase PCP4MO
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Other chlorinated chemicals, like pentachlorophenol (PCP), used to preserve wood, do contain some of the more highly chlorinated CDDs (those with more chlorine atoms), but 2,3,7,8-TCDD is not usually found.
Public Health Statement for Chlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxins (CDDs) 2008
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Burning of many materials that may contain chlorine, such as plastics, wood treated with pentachlorophenol (PCP), pesticide-treated wastes, other polychlorinated chemicals (polychlorinated biphenyls or PCBs), and even bleached paper can produce CDDs.
Public Health Statement for Chlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxins (CDDs) 2008
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Up to now, the Commission has derived HBM values for lead in blood, for pentachlorophenol in serum and urine, for cadmium in urine, for mercury in blood and urine, and for DEHP (a plasticizer) in urine.
Human biomonitoring 2007
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The irreducibly complex pentachlorophenol degradation pathway was produced by mutation and recruitment of a single enzyme.
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Another pesticide, pentachlorophenol PCP, which is used to preserve wood, has been found to continue to vaporize for years after application.
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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Another pesticide, pentachlorophenol PCP, which is used to preserve wood, has been found to continue to vaporize for years after application.
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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Another pesticide, pentachlorophenol PCP, which is used to preserve wood, has been found to continue to vaporize for years after application.
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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Another pesticide, pentachlorophenol PCP, which is used to preserve wood, has been found to continue to vaporize for years after application.
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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