Mold and yeast inhibitor. Used as a fungistatic agent for foods, especially cheeses.

Substances capable of inhibiting, retarding or arresting the process of fermentation, acidification or other deterioration of foods.

Nitrous acid sodium salt. Used in many industrial processes, in meat curing, coloring, and preserving, and as a reagent in ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES. It is used therapeutically as an antidote in cyanide poisoning. The compound is toxic and mutagenic and will react in vivo with secondary or tertiary amines thereby producing highly carcinogenic nitrosamines.

The removal of a carboxyl group, usually in the form of carbon dioxide, from a chemical compound.

FATTY ACIDS in which the carbon chain contains one or more double or triple carbon-carbon bonds.

An imperfect fungus causing smut or black mold of several fruits, vegetables, etc.

Compounds in which a methyl group is attached to the cyano moiety.

The body of a fungus which is made up of HYPHAE.

The normality of a solution with respect to HYDROGEN ions; H+. It is related to acidity measurements in most cases by pH = log 1/2[1/(H+)], where (H+) is the hydrogen ion concentration in gram equivalents per liter of solution. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)

A species of anaerobic, gram-positive, rod-shaped bacteria in the family Clostridiaceae that produces proteins with characteristic neurotoxicity. It is the etiologic agent of BOTULISM in humans, wild fowl, HORSES; and CATTLE. Seven subtypes (sometimes called antigenic types, or strains) exist, each producing a different botulinum toxin (BOTULINUM TOXINS). The organism and its spores are widely distributed in nature.