Structured Summary
Abstract
A fungistatic compound that is widely used as a food preservative. It is conjugated to GLYCINE in the liver and excreted as hippuric acid.
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Synonyms
4 entry terms
- Acid, Benzoic
- Potassium Benzoate
- Ucephan
- Benzoate, Potassium
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24 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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Indexing Annotation
BENZOIC ACIDS see BENZOATES is also available
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History Note
1999; for POTASSIUM BENZOATE use BENZOATES 1999-2012
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Previous Indexing
- Benzoates (1966-1998)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Benzoic Acid. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019817. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019817
- Benzoic Acid. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzoic_acid
- Benzoic Acid. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q191700