Lab Chemical
PHENYL MERCURY ACETATE FOR SYNTHESIS
Product code RXSOL-60-6605-224
PHENYL MERCURY ACETATE FOR SYNTHESIS
Description
Phenylmercuric acetate is an organomercury compound. This compound was formerly used as a preservative in paints, and as a disinfectant.
Application
Application
PHENYLMERCURIC acetate (PMA) has been widely used as a fungicide and as a disinfectant. It is well known that the antibacterial action of mercuric compounds results chiefly from their interference with essential sulphydryl groups of organisms.