different between phenol vs bakuchiol

English

From French phène, from Ancient Greek ????? (phaín?, “to clear”), as it was used for illumination, name given by Auguste Laurente in 1836.

Synchronically analyzable as pheno- +? -ol

phenol (countable and uncountable, plural phenols)

(organic chemistry, uncountable) A caustic, poisonous, white crystalline compound, C₆H₅OH, derived from benzene and used in resins, plastics, and pharmaceuticals and in dilute form as a disinfectant and antiseptic; once called carbolic acid
(organic chemistry, countable) Any of a class of aromatic organic compounds having at least one hydroxyl group attached directly to the benzene ring (or other aromatic ring)

bakuchiol (countable and uncountable, plural bakuchiols)

(organic chemistry) A meroterpene phenol, extracted from seeds of Psoralea corylifolia, that shows antimicrobial activity

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