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Abstract
A greasy substance with a smoky odor and burned taste created by high temperature treatment of BEECH and other WOOD; COAL TAR; or resin of the CREOSOTE BUSH. It contains CRESOLS and POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS which are CARCINOGENS. It has been widely used as wood preservative and in PESTICIDES and had former use medicinally in DISINFECTANTS; LAXATIVES; and DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS.
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- Beechwood Creosote
- Creosote, Beechwood
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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analogs & derivatives, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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91(75); was see under CRESOLS 1975-90
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Creosote. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003407. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003407
- Creosote. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creosote
- Creosote. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q909808