Organic Chemical
chrysenes
Subclass of:
Phenanthrenes
Definitions related to chrysenes:
  • 1,2-benzphenanthrenes; polycyclic hydrocarbons obtained from coal tar.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • An aromatic hydrocarbon in coal tar, allied to naphthalene and anthracene. It is a white crystalline substance, C18H12, of strong blue fluorescence, but generally colored yellow by impurities.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • 1,2-Benzphenanthrenes. POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS obtained from coal tar.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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