Synonyms:

Benzenecarboxylic Acid; Carboxybenzene; Diacylic acid; benzene formic acid; benzenemethonic acid; phenyl carboxylic acid; phenylformic acid; retarded ba; retardex; Salvo; tennplas; Oracylic acid.

Uses:

Preserving foods, fats, fruit juices, alkaloidal solutions, etc. Manufacture of benzoates, benzoyl compounds, and dyes. As a mordant in calico printing; for curing tabacco; as a standard in volumetric and calorimetric analysis; a pharmaceutic aid (antifungal agent); in plasticizers, perfumes, cosmetics and dentifrices. Cross: balsam Peru. ICU, NICU.