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CHEBI ONTOLOGY - ANNOTATIONS

The Chemical Entities of Biological Interest (ChEBI) ontology is downloaded weekly from EMBL-EBI at http://www.ebi.ac.uk/chebi/. The data is made available under the Creative Commons License (CC BY 3.0, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). For more information see: Degtyarenko et al. (2008) ChEBI: a database and ontology for chemical entities of biological interest. Nucleic Acids Res. 36, D344–D350.

Term:antimicrobial food preservative
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Accession:CHEBI:65256 term browser browse the term
Definition: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).
Synonyms:related_synonym: antimicrobial food preservatives;   antimicrobial preservative;   antimicrobial preservatives



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      CHEBI ontology 20845
        role 20805
          biological role 20803
            antimicrobial agent 18553
              antimicrobial food preservative 12650
                acetic acid + 11161
                benzoic acid + 5527
                biphenyl + 206
                butyl benzoate 0
                ethylparaben 648
                methylparaben 788
                natamycin 9
                nisin 2
                potassium nitrite 0
                potassium sorbate 0
                propyl benzoate 0
                sodium L-lactate 0
                sodium benzoate + 27
                sodium nitrite 32
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      CHEBI ontology 20845
        role 20805
          biological role 20803
            physiological role 20802
              food component 20802
                food additive 16989
                  food preservative 12729
                    antimicrobial food preservative 12650
                      acetic acid + 11161
                      benzoic acid + 5527
                      biphenyl + 206
                      butyl benzoate 0
                      ethylparaben 648
                      methylparaben 788
                      natamycin 9
                      nisin 2
                      potassium nitrite 0
                      potassium sorbate 0
                      propyl benzoate 0
                      sodium L-lactate 0
                      sodium benzoate + 27
                      sodium nitrite 32
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