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See also Butylated hydroxytoluene
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Cresols are methylphenols in which the methyl group can be in the meta-, ortho-, or para- position. Orthocresol is 2-methylphenol, metacresol is 3-methylphenol, and paracresol is 4-methylphenol. Tricresol is 2,3,4-methylphenol. Several cresols are used as dyestuffs in pharmaceutical products, as chemical reagents, and elsewhere. They include bromocresol green [ ], bromocresol purple [ ], bromothymol blue [ ], cresol red [ ], thymol blue [ ], and xylenol orange [ ].
Organs and systems
Sensory systems
After an injury with 2-methoxy-p-cresol a soldier developed a row of small vesicles at the corneal limbus and in the conjunctiva; he was spared further damage by the early application of cortisone [ ].
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