Structured Summary
Abstract
Nitrous acid sodium salt. Used in many industrial processes, in meat curing, coloring, and preserving, and as a reagent in ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES. It is used therapeutically as an antidote in cyanide poisoning. The compound is toxic and mutagenic and will react in vivo with secondary or tertiary amines thereby producing highly carcinogenic nitrosamines.
Chemical Identity
Chemical Information
- Molecular Formula
- NNaO2
- Molecular Weight
- 68.995 g/mol
- CAS Registry No.
- 7632-00-0
- IUPAC Name
- sodium nitrite
- InChIKey
- LPXPTNMVRIOKMN-UHFFFAOYSA-M
- SMILES
- N(=O)[O-].[Na+]
- MeSH Unique ID
- D012977
- Source
- PubChem CID 23668193
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Drug Class
Pharmacological Action
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Synonyms
1 entry terms
- Nitrite, Sodium
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Aspects Covered
25 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analogs & derivatives, 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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History Note
91(79); was see under NITRITES 1979-90
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Previous Indexing
- Nitrites (1966-1978)
- Sodium (1966-1978)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Sodium Nitrite. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012977. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012977
- Sodium Nitrite. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_nitrite
- Sodium Nitrite. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q339975
- Sodium Nitrite. In: PubChem Compound. CID 23668193. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/23668193