CHEBI:78870 - sodium nitrite

ChEBI IDCHEBI:78870
ChEBI Namesodium nitrite
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DefinitionAn inorganic sodium salt having nitrite as the counterion. Used as a food preservative and antidote to cyanide poisoning.
Last Modified9 December 2015
SubmitterSteve
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FormulaNO2.Na
Net Charge0
Average Mass68.995
Monoisotopic Mass68.98267
SMILESO=N[O-].[Na+]
InChIInChI=1S/HNO2.Na/c2-1-3;/h(H,2,3);/q;+1/p-1
InChIKeyLPXPTNMVRIOKMN-UHFFFAOYSA-M
Wikipedia
Roles Classification
Chemical Roles:
food antioxidant  An antioxidant that used as a food additives to help guard against food deterioration.
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).
Biological Roles:
food antioxidant  An antioxidant that used as a food additives to help guard against food deterioration.
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).
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:
food antioxidant  An antioxidant that used as a food additives to help guard against food deterioration.
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).
antidote to cyanide poisoning  A role borne by a molecule that acts to counteract or neutralize the deleterious effects of cyanide.
antihypertensive agent  Any drug used in the treatment of acute or chronic vascular hypertension regardless of pharmacological mechanism.
ChEBI Ontology
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 
sodium nitrite
Synonyms  Source
NaNO2ChEBI
Natrium nitritChemIDplus
Nitrite de sodiumChemIDplus
Nitrito sodicoChemIDplus
Manual XrefsDatabases
D05865KEGG DRUG
Sodium_nitriteWikipedia
Registry NumbersSources
Reaxys:906771Reaxys
CAS:7632-00-0KEGG DRUG
CAS:7632-00-0ChemIDplus
CAS:7632-00-0NIST Chemistry WebBook
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