Pentachlorophenol
"Pentachlorophenol" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An insecticide and herbicide that has also been used as a wood preservative. Pentachlorphenol is a widespread environmental pollutant. Both chronic and acute pentachlorophenol poisoning are medical concerns. The range of its biological actions is still being actively explored, but it is clearly a potent enzyme inhibitor and has been used as such as an experimental tool.
| Descriptor ID |
D010416
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.455.426.559.389.657.190.633
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