1-Hydroxyphenanthrene
Chemical compound
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1-Hydroxyphenanthrene is a phenanthrol and a human metabolite of phenanthrene that can be detected in urine of persons exposed to PAHs.[1]
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| Preferred IUPAC name
Phenanthren-1-ol | |
| Other names
1-Phenanthrenol 1-Phenanthrol 1-hydroxy-phenanthrene | |
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| 1869717 | |
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| Properties | |
| C14H10O | |
| Molar mass | 194.233 g·mol−1 |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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It can also be used as a marker for PAH pollution measured in marine fish bile.[2]
The model fungus Cunninghamella elegans produces, in the case of the biodegradation of phenanthrene, a glucoside conjugate of 1-hydroxyphenanthrene (phenanthrene 1-O-beta-glucose).[3]
Relationship with smoking
Highly significant differences and dose-response relationships with regard to cigarettes smoked per day were found for 2-, 3- and 4-hydroxyphenanthrene and 1-hydroxypyrene, but not for 1-hydroxyphenanthrene.[4]
