Cresol

Scheme

Ph. Eur.

CAS registry number (Chemical Abstracts Service)

0001319-77-3

Chemical Formula

C7-H8-O

Molecular Weight

108

Therapeutic Categories

Pharmaceutic aid

Antiseptic

Disinfectant

Foreign Names

• Cresolum crudum (Latin)
• Cresol (German)
• Crésol, brut (French)

Generic Names

• Cresol (OS: JAN)
• 4-06-00-02035 (IS: Beilstein)
• BRN 0506719 (IS)
• CCRIS 6006 (IS)
• Cresylic acid (IS)
• Cresylol (IS)
• Hydroxymethylbenzene (IS)
• Mixed cresols (IS)
• Phenol, methyl- (IS)
• Tricresol (IS)
• Cresol (PH: JP XV, NF 27)
• Cresol, crude (PH: Ph. Eur. 6)
• Crude Cresol (PH: BP 2010)

Brand Names

• Clear Fc (Cresol and Formaldehyde)
  Agusa Nippon, Japan



• Dental Formalin Cresol (Cresol and Formaldehyde)
  Nippon Shika YakuhinDental Pharm, Japan



• Dental Formcresol (Cresol and Formaldehyde)
  Agusa Nippon, Japan



• Dental Formcresol Showa (Cresol and Formaldehyde)
  Showa Yakuhin Kako, Japan



• Formcresol FC (Cresol and Formaldehyde)
  Neo Dental Seiykau, Japan



• Medicon (Cresol and Dextromethorphan)
  Shionogi Seiyaku, Japan



• Mezec (Cresol and Dextromethorphan)
  Taiyo Pharmaceutical, Japan

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Glossary

IS	Inofficial Synonym
JAN	Japanese Accepted Name
OS	Official Synonym
PH	Pharmacopoeia Name
Ph. Eur.	European Pharmacopoeia

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