1-Acenaphthenol

Applications 1-Acenaphthenol is a product of the microbial metabolism and photolysis of acenaphthene, of acenaphthene, a polycyclic hydrocarbon that has potential to act as polyploidizing agents in plants. 1-Acenaphthenol is also a known substrate of dihydrodiol dehydrogenases. References Reyes, C., et al.: J. Photochem. Photobiol. A, 112, 277 (1998); Šavlík, M., et al.: Res. Vet. Sci., 83, 20 (2007); Schocken, M. & Gibson, D.: Appl. Environ. Microb., 48, 10 (1984);