sodium benzoate

noun

, Chemistry, Pharmacology.

a white, crystalline or granular, water-soluble powder, C 7 H 5 NaO 2 , used chiefly as a food preservative and antifungal agent, and in diagnostic tests of liver function.

sodium benzoate

a white crystalline soluble compound used as an antibacterial and antifungal agent in preserving food ( E211 ), as an antiseptic, and in making dyes and pharmaceuticals. Formula: (C 6 H 5 COO)Na Also calledbenzoate of soda

First recorded in 1895–1900

Caffeine, preferably in the form of caffeine-sodium-benzoate.

Sodium benzoate, ammonium benzoate, and the salicylate of sodium are also powerful hepatic stimulants.

Benzoic acid itself, ammonium benzoate and sodium benzoate are all administered internally in doses of from five to thirty grains.

Sodium benzoate cannot be relied on either as an anti-diphtheritic nor as an anti-febrile.

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