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SODIUM BENZOATE
Sodium Benzoate is a generally recognized safe preservative that has a bacteriostatic and fungistatic effect in an acidic environment. (1)
(1) Pongsavee M. (2015). Effect of sodium benzoate preservative on micronucleus induction, chromosome break, and Ala40Thr superoxide dismutase gene mutation in lymphocytes. BioMed research international, 2015, 103512. https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/103512