Alcohol compounds inoreva huwandu hwakawanda hwemakemikari emakemikari ane imwechete kana kupfuura hydroxyl functional groups (-OH).Mishonga iyi inoshandiswa mumhando dzakasiyana-siyana, senge zvinonyungudutsa, mishonga inouraya utachiona, antifreeze, uye mafuta ekuwedzera.Ethanol, methanol, uye isopropanol ndiyo inonyanya kushandiswa doro mumakemikari uye hupenyu hwezuva nezuva.Mishonga yedoro inoshandiswawo mukugadzirwa kwemishonga, zvekuzora, nekunakisa chikafu.Nekudaro, kunwa doro zvakanyanya kunogona kukanganisa hutano hwevanhu, kusanganisira kukuvara kwechiropa, kupindwa muropa, uye kufa.Naizvozvo, zvakakosha kushandisa zvinosanganiswa nedoro zvine huchenjeri uye zvinoenderana nemirairo yekuchengetedza.
