Pyrocatechin

{pi-ro-katf -e-chin) [nip, fire; catechic], C6H602 = C6H4(OH)2. Catechol; a crystalline substance formed by the dry distillation of catechu and sometimes occurring in the urine. It has been used as an antipyretic. Dose gr. j-ij (0.065-0. 13). 540