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Butylated Hydroxytoluene (BHT)
Antioxidant

Installed 09 Oct 2005. Latest update 18 jan 2007.
New or changed material is in bold.

Stick Diagram of BHT
Formula of BHT
Stick Diagram and Formula for BHT Molecule
Grey = Carbon; White = Hydrogen; Red = Oxygen
The stick model is a bit "off" but serves to show the positions of the seven
CH3 methyl groups(*) with respect to the rest of the BHT molecule.

(*) A methyl group is one of the commonest units of organic compounds, consisting of three
hydrogen atoms bonded to a carbon atom, which is linked to the remainder of the molecule.
Encyclopaedia Britiannica

Related Links

Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA; tert-butyl-4-hydroxyanisole) and Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT; 2,6-di-tert-butyl-p-cresol) in Food Antioxidants: Technological, Toxicological, and Health Perspectives, Edited by DL Madhavi, SS Deshpande, and DK Salunke, Dekker (1996).

Cold Sores - BHT Experiment - Blog hosted by Lucky Phoswa in South Africa

BHT - Advanced Health & Life Extension website

BHT's Use as an Antiviral - Herpes, Influenza, HIV?, Newcastle Disease

BHT - Chemical Safety Cards (ICSC):0841 (BHT is combustible!)

BHT as a Possible Chemical for Combatting Ovarian Cancer

For further info contact Robert Fritzius

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