| allyl alcohol | CH2==CHCH2OH; 2-propenol;a colourless liquid of pungent odour used in making resins and plasticisers; highly irritating to mucous membranes and readily absorbed, causing depression and coma. Synonym: vinyl carbinol. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| amyl alcohol | 1-pentanol;used as a solvent for varnishes and oils; highly toxic, with irritating vapors. See: fusel oil. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anhydrous alcohol | Water having been removed. Synonym: anhydrous alcohol. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aryl-alcohol oxidase | <enzyme> Flavoprotein acting on a variety of benzyl, cinnamyl, naphthyl and aliphatic unsaturated alcohols Registry number: EC 1.1.3.7 (26 Jun 1999) |
| baby, foetal alcohol syndrome | <syndrome> Alcohol is capable of causing birth defects. FAS (foetal alcohol syndrome) always involves brain damage. And impaired growth. FAS also always involves head and face abnormalities. No amount of alcohol has been proven safe during pregnancy. Women who are or may become pregnant are advised to avoid alcohol. (12 Dec 1998) |
| benzyl alcohol | <chemical> A colourless liquid with a sharp burning taste and slight odour. It is used as a local anaesthetic and to reduce pain associated with lidocaine injection. Also, it is used in the manufacture of other benzyl compounds, as a pharmaceutic aid, and in perfumery and flavoring. Pharmacological action: anaesthetics, local, pharmaceutic aid. (12 Dec 1998) |
| benzyl alcohol dehydrogenase | <enzyme> Catalyses the oxidation of benzyl alcohol to yield benzaldehyde Registry number: EC 1.1.1.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| bile alcohol | One of a group of polyhydroxylated alcohols derived from cholestane. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vanillyl-alcohol oxidase | <enzyme> From penicillium simplicissimum; contains fad; forms vanillin or 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde, respectively, from vanillyl alcohol or 4-hydroxybenzyl alcohol Registry number: EC 1.1.3.- Synonym: 4-hydroxybenzyl alcohol oxidase (26 Jun 1999) |
| palmityl alcohol | The 16-carbon alcohol corresponding to palmitic acid, so called because it is isolated from among the hydrolysis products of spermaceti; it is used as an emulsifying aid and in the preparation of "washable" ointment bases. Synonym: 1-hexadecanol, palmityl alcohol. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pantothenyl alcohol | D-(+)-2,4-dihydroxy-N-(3-hydroxypropyl)-3,3-dimethylbutyramide;pantothenic acid with -CH2OH replacing the terminal -COOH; a cholinergic agent and a dietary source of pantothenic acid. Synonym: panthenol, pantothenyl alcohol. (05 Mar 2000) |
| veratryl alcohol oxidase | <enzyme> From pleurotus sajor-caju (polyporaceae); converts veratryl alcohol and various aromatic alcohols to aldehydes, reducing o2 to h2o2 Registry number: EC 1.1.3.- Synonym: veratryl alcohol oxidase I, veratryl alcohol oxidase II (26 Jun 1999) |
| vitamin A1 alcohol | Vitamin A1alcohol; 2,6,6-trimethyl-1-(9'-hydroxy-3',7'-dimethylnona-1',3',5',7'-tetraenyl)cyclohex-1-ene;a half-carotene bearing the b (or beta-ionone) form of the cyclic end group and a CH2OH at the C-15 position (numbering as in carotenoids) or 9'-position (numbering as a nonyl side chain on a cyclohexene ring); an intermediate in the vision cycle, it also plays a role in growth and differentiation. See: dehydroretinol. Synonym: vitamin A1 alcohol, vitamin A1. Retinol dehydrogenase, an oxidoreductase catalyzing interconversion of retinal and NADH to retinol and NAD+. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glyceryl alcohol | <biochemistry> A metabolic intermediate, but primarily of interest as the central structural component of the major classes of biological lipids, triglycerides and phosphatidyl phospholipids. Also used as a cryoprotectant. (18 Nov 1997) |
| cetostearyl alcohol | A component of the hydrophilic ointment ingredient known as emulsifying wax; a mixture of solid aliphatic alcohols consisting chiefly of stearyl and cetyl alcohols. (05 Mar 2000) |