| Weight | 152.149 g/mol | 
|---|---|
| Formula | C8H8O3 | 
| Hydrogen Acceptors | 3 | 
| Hydrogen Donors | 1 | 
| Aromatic Rings | 1 | 
| Rotatable Bonds | 1 | 
Methyl 4-hydroxybenzoate (99-76-3)
methylparaben · Nipagin · methyl-4-hydroxybenzoate
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      - Simultaneous determination of preservatives (benzoic acid, sorbic acid, methylparaben and propylparaben) in foodstuffs using high-performance liquid chromatography (Journal of Chromatography A, 2005)
 - Oestrogenic activity of p-hydroxybenzoic acid (common metabolite of paraben esters) and methylparaben in human breast cancer cell lines (Journal of Applied Toxicology, 2005)
 - Simultaneous spectrophotometric-multivariate calibration determination of several components of ophthalmic solutions: phenylephrine, chloramphenicol, antipyrine, methylparaben and thimerosal (Talanta, 2000)
 - Photocatalytic degradation of methylparaben by TiO2: Multivariable experimental design and mechanism (Applied Catalysis B-environmental, 2009)
 - Methylparaben potentiates UV-induced damage of skin keratinocytes (Toxicology, 2006)
 - Influence of methylparaben as a solid-state plasticizer on the physicochemical properties of Eudragit RS PO hot-melt extrudates (European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, 2003)
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Hazardous to the aquatic environment, acute hazard - Category 3 - methylparaben
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 - methyl-4-hydroxybenzoate
 - methyl p-hydroxybenzoate
 - 4-hydroxybenzoic acid methyl ester
 - methylparaben, sodium salt
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          SMILESCOC(=O)C1=CC=C(C=C1)O
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          InChIKeyLXCFILQKKLGQFO-UHFFFAOYSA-N
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 - Wikipedia - methylparaben
          
          Methylparaben, also methyl paraben, one of the parabens, is a preservative with the chemical formula CH3(C6H4(OH)COO). It is the methyl ester of p-hydroxybenzoic acid.
 
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