Retardex

Benzoic Acid A fungistatic compound that is widely used as a food preservative. It is conjugated to GLYCINE in the liver and excreted as hippuric acid.

[1. Occurring naturally in gum benzoin, it is used as a food preservative, locally as a fungistatic, and orally as an antiseptic. It is excreted rapidly as hippuric acid.

Molecular Formula: C₇H₆O₂

InChI: InChI=1/C7H6O2/c8-7(9)6-4-2-1-3-5-6/h1-5H,(H,8,9)/f/h8H

InChIKey: InChIKey=WPYMKLBDIGXBTP-FZOZFQFYCI
SMILES: OC(=O)c1ccccc1

CAS number 65-85-0

Names:
    benzenecarboxylic acid
    Benzenecarboxylic acid
    Benzeneformic acid
    benzoate
    Benzoate
    Benzoesaeure GK
    Benzoesaeure GV
    benzoic acid
    Benzoic acid
    BENZOIC ACID
    benzoic acid
    Carboxybenzene
    Dracylic acid
    phenylformic acid
    Phenylformic acid
    Retardex

Registries:
    PubChem CID 243
    Beilstein =636131
    CAS 65-85-0 (from NIST)
    ChEBI 30746
    chemPDB BEZ
    Gmelin 2946
    Kegg C00180
    PubChem ID 149085
    PubChem ID 3480