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benzoic acid
(redirected from Phenylmethanoic acid)

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benzoic acid /ben·zo·ic ac·id/ (ben-zo´ik) a fungistatic compound used as a pharmaceutical and food preservative and, with salicylic acid, as a topical antifungal agent.
ben·zo·ic acid (bn-zk)
n.
An aromatic white crystalline acid used to season tobacco and in perfumes, dentifrices, and germicides.

benzoic acid
an acid from benzoin and other resins and from coal tar, used as an antifungal agent in pharmaceutical preparations and as a germicide. The sodium salt of benzoic acid, sodium benzoate, is used as an antifungal agent in pharmaceutical preparations, and may be used as a test for liver function. It was at one time used as a food preservative although now replaced in pet foods because of its toxicity in cats.

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