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Benzoic Acid MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Benzoic Acid
Tree Number(s)
D02.241.223.100.120
D02.455.426.559.389.127.117
Unique ID
D019817
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019817
Annotation
BENZOIC ACIDS see BENZOATES is also available
Scope Note
A fungistatic compound that is widely used as a food preservative. It is conjugated to GLYCINE in the liver and excreted as hippuric acid.
Entry Term(s)
Potassium Benzoate
Ucephan
Pharm Action
Antifungal Agents
Food Preservatives
Registry Numbers
8SKN0B0MIM
763YQN2K7K
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Related Numbers
582-25-2
65-85-0
763YQN2K7K
CAS Type 1 Name
Benzoic acid
Previous Indexing
Benzoates (1966-1998)
Public MeSH Note
1999; BENZOIC ACID was indexed under BENZOATES 1980-1998; for POTASSIUM BENZOATE see BENZOATES 1999-2012
History Note
1999; for POTASSIUM BENZOATE use BENZOATES 1999-2012
Entry Combination
analogs & derivatives:Benzoates
Date Established
1999/01/01
Date of Entry
1998/06/10
Revision Date
2016/07/01
Benzoic Acid Preferred
Potassium Benzoate Narrower
Ucephan Narrower
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