Definition of Sodium benzoate

1. Noun. A white crystalline salt used as a food preservative and antiseptic.

Exact synonyms: Benzoate Of Soda
Generic synonyms: Benzoate

Definition of Sodium benzoate

1. Noun. (chemistry) The sodium salt of benzoic acid. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Sodium benzoate

1. C6H5COONa;used in chronic and acute rheumatism and as a liver function test. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sodium Benzoate

sodium acid citrate
sodium acid phosphate
sodium alginate
sodium alum
sodium amalgam
sodium amide
sodium aminosalicylate
sodium ammonium ATPase
sodium antimonyl tartrate
sodium antimonylgluconate
sodium arsanilate
sodium ascorbate
sodium aurothiomalate
sodium aurothiosulfate
sodium azide
sodium benzoate (current term)
sodium bicarb
sodium bichromate
sodium biphosphate
sodium bisulfite
sodium bisulphite
sodium borate
sodium borohydride
sodium bromide
sodium cacodylate
sodium carbonate
sodium carboxymethyl cellulose
sodium channel
sodium channels

Literary usage of Sodium benzoate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annual Report by Indiana State Board of Health (1911)
"On account of the difficulty of obtaining sodium benzoate free from water, the preservative was weighed as benzoic acid, converted into sodium benzoate by ..."

2. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1911)
"Jl. 41. Benzene. Substitution in benzene. Nature. 87: 3-4. Jl. 6, 41. Benzoate of soda. See sodium benzoate. Bequests. See Gifts. ..."

3. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"[3] 37, 299) by the action of benzoyl chloride on sodium benzoate or on sodium oxalate, ... 1902, 2, 518 ); by treating benzoic acid or sodium benzoate with ..."

4. Food Analysis: Typical Methods and the Interpretation of Results by Alpheus Grant Woodman (1915)
"BENZOIC ACID AND sodium benzoate Benzoic.acid, in the form of its sodium salt, is probably the preservative most widely used ir1 different varieties of food ..."

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