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SODIUM BENZOATE

SODIUM BENZOATE

Sodium benzoate is a preservative generally recognized as safe that has bacteriostatic and fungistatic effects in an acidic environment.(1)

(1) Pongsavee M. (2015). Effect of sodium benzoate preservative on micronucleus induction, chromosome breaks, and Ala40Thr superoxide dismutase gene mutation in lymphocytes. BioMed Research International, 2015, 103512. https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/103512