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Phenylmercury Compounds
Medical Definition: | Organic mercury compounds in which the mercury is attached to a phenyl group. Often used as fungicides and seed treatment agents. |
Guide Notes: | agric fungicides; DF: PHENYLMERCURY CPDS |
Previously Indexed: | Mercury (1968-1976),Organometallic Compounds (1968-1976) |
Chloromercurinitrophenols - Mercuriphenols substituted with one or more chlorine atoms and one or more nitro groups. Some of these are sulfhydryl reagents which act as chromophoric probes in enzymes and other proteins. | |
Phenylmercuric Acetate - A phenyl mercury compound used mainly as a fungicide. Has also been used as a herbicide, slimicide, and bacteriocide. |
Phenylmercury Compounds Medical Definitions and Terms
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