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An aromatic hydrocarbon which is a colourless, volatile, flammable liquid. It is present in small proportion in some crude oil and made commercially from petroleum by the catalytic reforming of naphthenic in petroleum. Also made from coal in the manufacture of coke. Used as a solvent in the manufacture of detergents, synthetic fibres, petrochemicals, and as a component of high-octane gasoline.
MedicalBalkan endemic nephropathy — also called Danubian endemic familial nephropathy is a form of interstitial nephritis. It was first identified in the 1920s among several small, discrete communities along the Danube River and its major tributaries, in the modern countries of Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria.
MedicalBenzoic acid C7H6O2 (or C6H5COOH), is a colorless crystalline solid and a simple aromatic carboxylic acid. The name is derived from gum benzoin, which was for a long time its only known source. Benzoic acid occurs naturally in many plants and it serves as an intermediate in the biosynthesis of many secondary metabolites. Salts of benzoic acid are used as food preservatives and benzoic acid is an important precursor for the industrial synthesis of many other organic substances.
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