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Preferred term

Perylene  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A 20-carbon dibenz(de,kl)anthracene that can be viewed as a naphthalene fused to a phenalene or as dinaphthalene. It is used as fluorescent lipid probe in the cytochemistry of membranes and is a polycyclic hydrocarbon pollutant in soil and water. Derivatives may be carcinogenic.

Synonym(s)

  • 198-55-0 (Perylene)
  • 5QD5427UN7
  • Peri-Dinaphthalene
  • Perilene

In other languages

  • French

  • 198-55-0 (Perylene)
  • 5QD5427UN7
  • Perylene

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-D084Q9LL-6

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