2,6-Dimethoxybenzoqu - C8H8O4

Description

2,6-Dimethoxybenzoqu is a chemical present in plants and fungi. It can be used to prevent or control pests and diseases.

At physiological concentrations 2,6-Dimethoxy-p-benzoquinone is an antibacterial substance, in non-physiological, highly elevated concentrations might be mutagenic, cytotoxic, genotoxic, and hepatotoxic., but some scientists challenge its mutagenity and others totally exclude such a possibility.