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Phenol vs Phenoloxidase - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between phenol and phenoloxidase

is that phenol is a caustic, poisonous, white crystalline compound, C6H5OH, derived from benzene and used in resins, plastics, and pharmaceuticals and in dilute form as a disinfectant and antiseptic; once called carbolic acid while phenoloxidase is an enzyme which catalyzes phenol oxidation, and which is often involved in melanization processes.

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