Meaning of cardol | Babel Free

Definitions

An oily yellow phenolic compound C₂₁H₃₀O₃ extracted from the shell of the cashew nut and one of the primary components of CNSL.

Examples

“The caustic oil of Anacardium is composed of approximately 82% anacardic acid, 13.8% cardol, 2.6% 2-methyl cardol, and 1.6% cardanol (Tyman 1976)”

“This technical oil is dark colored; even after distillation it darkens again, supposedly due to its cardol content.”

“Even though the source of cardanol and cardol used in the study was not CNSL , it is worthwhile to mention that the observations obtained can be applicable to cardanol from CNSL as well.”

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