Preservative

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Contents 1 More Specific Terms 2 Introduction 3 More General Terms 4 References

More Specific Terms

• 8-hydroxyquinoline; oxyquinoline
• benzoate
• benzoic acid
• bronopol (Gold-Bloc)
• formaldehyde
• glutaraldehyde; glutaral
• sodium benzoate
• sodium thiosalicylate (Thiocyl)
• sulfur [S]
• thimerosal; ethylmercurothiosalycilate; thiomersalate; mercurothiolate; merthiolate; merzonin; vitaseptol
• thiosalicylic acid (No Dolo)

Introduction

• Substances added to foods or pharmaceutical agents to protect them from chemical change or microbial action.
  

• Preservatives many be:

• anti- bacterial agents
• antioxidants

More General Terms

• bioagent

References

- NLM MeSH Browser [1] preservative