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CHEBI:78870 - sodium nitrite
| Formula | NO2.Na |
| Net Charge | 0 |
| Average Mass | 68.995 |
| Monoisotopic Mass | 68.98267 |
| SMILES | O=N[O-].[Na+] |
| InChI | InChI=1S/HNO2.Na/c2-1-3;/h(H,2,3);/q;+1/p-1 |
| InChIKey | LPXPTNMVRIOKMN-UHFFFAOYSA-M |
| Wikipedia |
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| Roles Classification |
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| Chemical Role: | food antioxidant An antioxidant that used as a food additives to help guard against food deterioration. |
| Biological Roles: | antimicrobial food preservative A food preservative which prevents decomposition of food by preventing the growth of fungi or bacteria. In European countries, E-numbers for permitted food preservatives are from E200 to E299, divided into sorbates (E200-209), benzoates (E210-219), sulfites (E220-229), phenols and formates (E230-239), nitrates (E240-259), acetates (E260-269), lactates (E270-279), propionates (E280-289) and others (E290-299). food antioxidant An antioxidant that used as a food additives to help guard against food deterioration. poison Any substance that causes disturbance to organisms by chemical reaction or other activity on the molecular scale, when a sufficient quantity is absorbed by the organism. |
| Applications: | antimicrobial food preservative A food preservative which prevents decomposition of food by preventing the growth of fungi or bacteria. In European countries, E-numbers for permitted food preservatives are from E200 to E299, divided into sorbates (E200-209), benzoates (E210-219), sulfites (E220-229), phenols and formates (E230-239), nitrates (E240-259), acetates (E260-269), lactates (E270-279), propionates (E280-289) and others (E290-299). antihypertensive agent Any drug used in the treatment of acute or chronic vascular hypertension regardless of pharmacological mechanism. antidote to cyanide poisoning A role borne by a molecule that acts to counteract or neutralize the deleterious effects of cyanide. food antioxidant An antioxidant that used as a food additives to help guard against food deterioration. |
| ChEBI Ontology |
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| Outgoing Relation(s) |
| sodium nitrite (CHEBI:78870) has role antidote to cyanide poisoning (CHEBI:90749) |
| sodium nitrite (CHEBI:78870) has role antihypertensive agent (CHEBI:35674) |
| sodium nitrite (CHEBI:78870) has role antimicrobial food preservative (CHEBI:65256) |
| sodium nitrite (CHEBI:78870) has role food antioxidant (CHEBI:77962) |
| sodium nitrite (CHEBI:78870) has role poison (CHEBI:64909) |
| sodium nitrite (CHEBI:78870) is a inorganic sodium salt (CHEBI:38702) |
| sodium nitrite (CHEBI:78870) is a nitrite salt (CHEBI:46648) |
| IUPAC Name |
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| sodium nitrite |
| Synonyms | Source |
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| Nitrito sodico | ChemIDplus |
| Nitrite de sodium | ChemIDplus |
| Natrium nitrit | ChemIDplus |
| NaNO2 | ChEBI |
| Manual Xrefs | Databases |
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| D05865 | KEGG DRUG |
| Sodium_nitrite | Wikipedia |
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