Formaldehyde chemical disinfectant works by inactivating enzymes and nucleic acids and is known for being toxic and carcinogenic.
A pungent, colorless gas called formaldehyde is a component of numerous household goods and building materials.
Some people may experience negative symptoms like watery eyes, burning sensations in the eyes, nose, and throat, coughing, wheezing, nausea, and skin irritation when formaldehyde is present in the air at levels above 0.1 ppm.
A nucleic acid is a polymeric macromolecule made up of repeating units of monomeric "nucleotides" made of a pentose (five carbon) sugar (either ribose or 2′-deoxyribose) and one to three phosphate groups. The nitrogenous heterocyclic base can be either a purine or a pyrimidine.
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