Tag: Cataracts
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šļø Sodium & SCNā» as Ocular Guardians
Behind every clear gaze is an invisible terrain, a restless scroll of voltage and antioxidants, kept alive by sodium and SCNā» (thiocyanate). As these ions are purged from food chains and substituted in processed diets, modern eyes grow dry, dim, and vulnerable. The epidemic of ocular dysfunction, from the irritation of dry eye to the
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What Is Nitrophenol? (besides something mentioned in āScientific Opinion on the reāevaluation of aspartame as a food additiveā)
Nitrophenols are compounds of the formula HOC6H5āx(NO2)x. The conjugate bases are called nitrophenolates. Nitrophenols are more acidic than phenol itself. Wikipedia Mono-nitrophenols with the formula HOC6H4NO2. Three isomeric nitrophenols exist: o-Nitrophenol (2-nitrophenol; OH and NO2 groups are neighboring; CAS number: 88-75-5), a yellow crystalline solid (m.p. 46 Ā°C). m-Nitrophenol (3-nitrophenol, CAS number: 554-84-7), a yellow solid (m.p. 97 Ā°C) and precursor to the