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Organic Chemicals > Alcohols > Benzyl Alcohols > Benzyl Alcohol
... > Organic Chemicals > Hydrocarbons > Hydrocarbons, Cyclic > Hydrocarbons, Aromatic > Benzene Derivatives > Benzyl Compounds > Benzyl Alcohols > Benzyl Alcohol

Preferred term

Benzyl Alcohol  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Benzenemethanol

Note

  • BENZYL ALCOHOLS also available

Scope note

  • A colorless liquid with a sharp burning taste and slight odor. It is used as a local anesthetic 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.

History note

  • 98; use BENZYL ALCOHOL (NM) 1981-97

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D019905

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