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Status:
US Approved Rx (1978)
First approved in 1978

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)

Targets:


Natamycin (Pimaricin, Pimafucin, Natadrops, Natacyn) is a polyene antifungal agent originally isolated from Streptomyces natalensis found in a soil sample from Natal, South Africa. Natamycin was discovered in DSM laboratories in 1955. Similar to oth...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2016)
First marketed in 1921

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Benzoic acid is a natural ingredient occurring in many foodstuffs and in plant extracts. Benzoic acid, its salts and esters are used as preservatives in cosmetic products, with a maximum concentration of 0.5 %. Benzoic acid and sodium benzoate are on...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2019)
First marketed in 1894

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)


Methenamine is an antibacterial agent for preventing recurrent urinary tract infection. It can be used as methenamine hippurate or methenamine mandelate preparations and is United States Food and Drug Administration-approved. Methenamine exerts its a...
Status:
Designated

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)

Conditions:

Calcium benzoate is the calcium salt of benzoic acid. Used as a preservative, both antibacterial and antifungal. Calcium benzoate can be found in concentrated pineapple juice. People who suffer from asthma, aspirin sensitivity or the skin disease urt...
Status:
Other

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Potassium propionate is the potassium salt of propionic acid. It is used as an antimicrobial agent in bread to prevent germination of some types of bacteria which causes sticky yellow patches to occur. Has been linked with behavioural and learning pr...
Status:
Other

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)

Status:
US Previously Marketed
First approved in 1987

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Methylparaben (E number E218) is preservative in the food, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical industries. It is completely absorbed through the skin or after ingestion and and it is hydrolyzed to para-hydroxybenzoic acid, and metabolites are rapidly excret...
Status:
US Previously Marketed
First marketed in 1921

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)

Propionic acid (PA), also known as propanoic acid, with chemical formula C3H6O2, is an organic acid used as a food additive and found naturally on the skin and in the gastrointestinal tract. It is a byproduct of fermentation reactions and is also pro...

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