Lysol (from the Greek. Lyo - dissolve and Latin. Oleum - oil) - a solution of purified phenols (phenols, cresols , xylenols ) in potash soap . Brown-brown transparent oily liquid with a pungent odor of phenol. The content of phenols is 30-34%. Lysol A - a mixture of equal parts of cresol and liquid soap; Lysol B is a mixture of mylonaphthan and cresol.
Lysol
Lysol is well soluble in heated water, alcohols and glycerin , forming foaming solutions. Lysol up to 5% concentration has a bactericidal effect, above 5% concentration it also exhibits an insecticidal effect.
At a concentration of 2% and above, it was widely used for disinfection of rooms, furnishings, linen, toys, bathtubs, toilets, secretions, as well as in veterinary medicine.
At concentrations above 5% it was mainly used for insecticidal purposes: the destruction of larvae of flies in places of their hatching, wiping the skin of animals in the fight against parasitic insects ( lice , fleas, and others).
One of the main advantages of lysol in bacteriology is the lack of the need to prepare “fresh” solutions [ style ] .
It was widely used in the world in the first half of the 20th century, in the USSR and the Russian Federation until the beginning of the 21st century. WHO is banned as a biological poison. Dangerous for life in high concentrations.
Links
- Great Soviet Encyclopedia
- Handbook of a nurse. M., Eksmo, 2004
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090214015927/http://rosvetfarm.ru/lis.html
- http://www.sift.ru/med/parasitic/lysol