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Methylparaben
Type: fine chemical, antibiotic agent, preservation, APIs, Food additive
IUPAC name: Methyl 4-hydroxybenzoate
Assay: 99.0%min
White crystalline powder
Package: 25kg per cardboard drum.
CAS number 99-76-3
Molecular formula C8H8O3
Methylparaben is an anti-fungal agent often used in a variety of cosmetics and personal-care products. It is also used as a food preservative. Methylparaben is commonly used as a fungicide in Drosophila food media. Usage of methylparaben is toxic at higher concentrations, has a estrogenic effect and slow Drosophila growth rate in the larval and pupal stages at a lower concentrations
Sodium methylparaben
Other names: Methylparaben sodium salt; Sodium Methyl Parahydroxybenzoate
CAS number 5026-62-0
Molecular formula C8H7NaO3
White crystalline powder
It is the sodium salt of methylparaben. A food additive with the E number E219 which is used as a preservative
