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preservative
Substances added to foods or pharmaceutical agents to protect them from chemical change or microbial action.
Preservatives many be:
- anti-bacterial agents
- antioxidants
Specific
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)
General
bioagent
References
- NLM MeSH Browser
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/meshhome.html