Abrastol
Definition
The calcium salt of sulfo-beta-naphthol, used historically in the food and winemaking industries as an antiseptic, preservative, and stabilizing agent for fermented beverages; a chemical compound from the naphthol derivatives class later banned by modern sanitary laws due to its high toxic potential on the organism.
Bilingual Equivalents
- Abrastol
- Asaprol
Grammatical & Source Details
| Inflection Type | Neuter technical noun taking standard modern plural markers in '-uri' when integrated into sentence structures. |
| Formation | Chemical loanword modeled after French 'abrastol', established as a specialized industrial nomenclature term. |
| Spelling / Pronunciation | [a.bras.ˈtol] |
| Source | Lexicon of Industrial Chemistry and Chemical Substances |
Contextual Usage Examples
RO: În laboratoarele de control de la începutul secolului XX, chimiștii efectuau teste specifice pentru a detecta dacă s-a adăugat abrastol în vinurile de export.
EN: In control laboratories from the early 20th century, chemists performed specific tests to detect if abrastol had been added to export wines.
RO: Tratatele vechi de igienă alimentară avertizau că utilizarea prelungită a acelui abrastol industrial poate provoca afecțiuni renale severe.
EN: Old treatises on food hygiene warned that the prolonged use of that industrial abrastol can cause severe renal conditions.
RO: Metoda de identificare a prafului de abrastol se baza pe reacția de culoare a naftolului în prezența acidului azotic.
EN: The method for identifying abrastol powder was based on the color reaction of naphthol in the presence of nitric acid.
Idioms & Phrases
Test de abrastol / Abrastol test
RO: Procedură chimică calitativă de laborator folosită istoric de inspectorii sanitari pentru a verifica puritatea și conformitatea băuturilor alcoolice.
EN: A qualitative laboratory chemical procedure historically used by sanitary inspectors to verify the purity and compliance of alcoholic beverages.
Aditiv tip abrastol / Abrastol-type additive
RO: Categorie veche de conservanți alimentari sintetici duri, extrași din gudroane de cărbune, scoși complet din uzul industrial datorită toxicității cumulative.
EN: An old category of harsh synthetic food preservatives extracted from coal tars, completely removed from industrial use due to cumulative toxicity.
Intoxicație cu abrastol / Abrastol poisoning
RO: Tablou clinic patologic studiat în toxicologia istorică, declanșat de ingerarea accidentală sau continuă a alimentelor falsificate cu doze mari de antiseptice naftolice.
EN: A pathological clinical pattern studied in historical toxicology, triggered by the accidental or continuous ingestion of foods adulterated with high doses of naphtholic antiseptics.
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