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Description

Triphosphoric acid (also tripolyphosphoric acid), a condensed form of phosphoric acid. Sodium tripolyphosphate (STPP) is used as a preservative for poultry, meat, and seafood; it’s added to processed cheeses as an emulsifier and is used in food industry as an E number E451.

Approval Year

1990
111
PubMed

PubMed

TitleDatePubMed
Sodium Tripolyphosphate: an excipient with intrinsic in vitro anti-Candida activity.
2011-12-12
Anti-HIV-1 activity of inorganic polyphosphates.
1997-02-01
Name Type Language
SODIUM TRIPOLYPHOSPHATE
FCC   II  
Preferred Name English
SODIUM TRIPOLYPHOSPHATE, UNSPECIFIED FORM
Common Name English
SODIUM TRIPOLYPHOSPHATE [II]
Common Name English
STPP
Common Name English
SODIUM TRIPOLYPHOSPHATE [FCC]
Common Name English
Classification Tree Code System Code
EPA PESTICIDE CODE 76404
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Code System Code Type Description
WIKIPEDIA
SODIUM TRIPHOSPHATE
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PRIMARY
DAILYMED
5HK03SA80J
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FDA UNII
5HK03SA80J
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SMS_ID
100000134762
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NCI_THESAURUS
C77486
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EVMPD
SUB64136
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DRUG BANK
DB11493
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NCI_THESAURUS
C45678
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CONCEPT Industrial Aid
One of these components may be present:
Structure of SODIUM TRIPOLYPHOSPHATE HEXAHYDRATE
Structure of SODIUM TRIPOLYPHOSPHATE ANHYDROUS
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