Preferred Name

Sodium Nitrite [Chemical/Ingredient]
Synonyms

Nitrous acid, sodium salt

Sodium Nitrite

ID

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000007245

altLabel

Nitrous acid, sodium salt

Sodium Nitrite

cui

C0037532

Ingredient of

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000145900

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000158323

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000021676

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000020776

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000020096

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000021506

MESH DEFINITION

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.

MESH DUI

D012977

MeSH name

Sodium Nitrite

MESH UI

M0020113

NDFRT kind

INGREDIENT_KIND

notation

N0000007245

NUI

N0000007245

prefLabel

Sodium Nitrite [Chemical/Ingredient]

tui

T197

T121

subClassOf

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000007649

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