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Preferred term

Hexachlorocyclohexane  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Any of several polyhalogenated organic compounds consisting of a six-carbon ring with one chlorine and one hydrogen attached to each carbon. An organochlorine insecticide made up of greater than 99% gamma-Hexachlorocyclohexane. It has been used as a pediculicide and scabicide, and shown to cause cancer.

Entry terms

  • 58-89-9 (Lindane)
  • 59NEE7PCAB
  • Benzene Hexachloride
  • Cyclohexane, 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexachloro-, (1alpha,2alpha,3beta,4alpha,5alpha,6beta)-
  • Hexachlorane

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In other languages

  • French

  • 58-89-9 (Lindane)
  • 59NEE7PCAB
  • Cyclohexane, 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexachloro-, (1alpha,2alpha,3beta,4alpha,5alpha,6beta)-
  • Hexachloro-cyclohexane
  • Hexachlorocyclohexane

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-LZZTLDZJ-6

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