Structures of phthalimide-derived HCHO-releasing compounds. All compounds contain a phthalimide moiety connected via a methylene group to a carboxylate oxygen. Esterase-mediated hydrolysis of the ...
Formaldehyde's toxicity was presumed to derive from its ability to crosslink DNA, but that happens only at huge doses. Recent discoveries that formaldehyde is found in the body in small amounts led a ...