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Furfurol | | Also
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Furfurol: an Aldehyde used as a solvent, insecticide and
fungicide. often used to flavour food, it has a distinctive odor. Furfural is an
irritant to mucus membranes and in any significant dosage acts on the central
nervous system. if ingested it has many negative effects including nervous and
coordination disturbance and malfunctioning, headaches and vision impairment.
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Aldehydes: Aldehydes are a class of highly reactive chemical
compounds that are intermediate between acids and alcohols, containing less
hydrogen than alcohols and less oxygen than acids.
Aldehydes are mostly irritants and can cause skin
irritation in even when diluted. Monoterpene Aldehydes are geranial,
citronellal, citral (which is responsible for the sharp distinctive citric
smell) while Cyclic Aldehydes are also known as aromatic Aldehydes have far more
cloying and sweet smells like Cinnamic Aldehyde and Benzaldehyde, which are
Cyclic Aldehydes, widely used in the perfume industry.
If ingested aldehydes are very irritant to the gastrointestinal tract, causing
nausea and diarrhoea.
For further detail see specific aldehydes:
Geranial
Citronellal
Neral
Citral
Cinnamic Aldehyde
Benzaldehyde |
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Furfurol constituent is present in: |
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Medicinally Significant
volume |
Minor volume
Furfurol is present in small quantities which may
not be enough to be a significant dosage for medicinal purposes
or Furfurol is not the major constituent of this plant/herb |
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