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sodium nitrite
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An inorganic sodium salt having nitrite as the counterion. Used as a food preservative and antidote to cyanide poisoning.
Term info
Label
sodium nitrite
Synonyms
- sodium nitrite
Subsets
3_STAR
charge
0
formula
NNaO2
has obo namespace
chebi_ontology
has related synonym
Natrium nitrit, Nitrite de sodium, NaNO2, Nitrito sodico
id
CHEBI:78870
inchi
InChI=1S/HNO2.Na/c2-1-3;/h(H,2,3);/q;+1/p-1
inchikey
LPXPTNMVRIOKMN-UHFFFAOYSA-M
mass
68.99530
monoisotopicmass
68.98267
smiles
[Na+].[O-]N=O
Term relations
Subclass of:
- nitrite salt
- inorganic sodium salt
- has role some antimicrobial food preservative
- has role some antihypertensive agent
- has role some antidote to cyanide poisoning
- has role some food antioxidant
- has role some poison