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Abstract
Lipophilicity plays an important role in the biological action of mercurials. The distribution of one inorganic and five organic mercury compounds was determined in an n-octanol/water system. Lipophilicity decreased in the order CH3HgCl, bromomercurihydroxypropane, HgCl2, chlormerodrin, p-chloromercuribenzoic acid (PCMB), p-chloromercuriphenylsulfonic acid (PCMBS). The toxicity of mercurials, as reported in the literature, appears to parallel their lipophilicity.Entities:
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Year: 1985 PMID: 4026574 DOI: 10.1007/bf00343125
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Arch Toxicol ISSN: 0340-5761 Impact factor: 5.153