Triclosan
5-Chloro-2-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)-phenol; formula: C12H7Cl3O2; CAS Registry Number: 3380-34-5
Source: PubChem
Identifier: CID 5564
URL: https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/5564#section=2D-Structure
Identifier: CID 5564
URL: https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/5564#section=2D-Structure
Chlorinated aromatic biocide
Triclosan is a biocide widely used in disinfectants, soaps and deodorants. It is found in cosmetics as preservatives and is used for antimicrobial treatment of textiles.
Because of its broad use there is some concern about the development of resistant and cross-resistant bacterial strains. Triclosan may be transformed into polychlorinated dibenzodioxins and dibenzofurans upon exposure to UV light. The environmental relevance of this process is not clear.
Triclosan is toxic to aquatic organisms, especially to algae.
Search data
Specimen
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Fine insoluble mineral or organic particles in the water phase
Sampling area
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Important, old-industrialised conurbation in Germany.
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Region in the chemical triangle of Central Germany
Sampling period
2006 - 2012
Extended information
Literature
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Retrospective study of triclosan and methyl-triclosan residues in fish and suspended particulate matter: Results from the German Environmental Specimen Bank
Rüdel, Heinz; Böhmer, Walter; Müller, Martin; Fliedner, Annette; Ricking, Mathias; Teubner, Diana; Schröter-Kermani, Christa
Chemosphere 91 (2013), 11, 1517-1524, 2013
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Retrospective Monitoring of Triclosan and Methyl-triclosan in Fish: Results from the German Environmental Specimen Bank
Böhmer, Walter; Rüdel, Heinz; Wenzel, Andrea; Schröter-Kermani, Christa
Organohalogen Compounds 66 (2004), 1516 - 1521, 2004
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Retrospektives Monitoring von Triclosan und Methyltriclosan in Brassenmuskulaturproben der Umweltprobenbank (German)
Böhmer, Walter; Bernhardt, Thorsten; Rüdel, Heinz; Müller, Martin; Wenzel, Andrea
Fraunhofer-Institut für Molekularbiologie und Angewandte Oekologie, 2005