MeSH note : Benzoin has two meanings in the literature, both of them important and both well established
in their own fields: 1) a chemical, 2-hydroxy-1,2-diphenylethanone, is also available
2) this record, a sap of a tree, Styrax, which is USP as an adhesive wound dressing.
Medline Plus includes tincture of benzoin in the recommended first aid kit. It contains
a bit of benzoic acid (not the chemical benzoin #1).;
MeSH synonym : Gum Benzoin;
MeSH Related Number : benzoin tincture; 8050-35-9;
Related CAS MeSH : 8050-35-9 (benzoin tincture);
related registry number list (CISMeF) : 8050-35-9;