Antioxidants and Stabilizers

Antioxidant—one of many widely used synthetic or natural substances added to a product to present or delay its deterioration by action of oxygen in the air. Rubber, paints, vegetable oils, and prepared foods commonly contain antioxidants. 
source: Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, 29th Edition. WB Saunders Company, Philadelphia. (2000)

Main Entry: an·ti·ox·i·dant 
Pronunciation: "an-tE-'äk-s&-d&nt, "an-"tI-
Function: noun
Date: 1926
: a substance that inhibits oxidation or reactions promoted by oxygen or peroxides
source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary (2002)

Stabilizer—one that stabilizes something: as a : a substance added to another substance (as an explosive or plastic) or to a system (as an emulsion) to prevent or retard an unwanted alteration of physical state b : a gyroscope device to keep ships steady in a heavy sea c : an airfoil providing stability for an airplane; specifically : the fixed horizontal member of the tail assembly.

Pronunciation: 'stA-b&-"lI-z&r
Function: noun
Date: circa 1909
source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary (2002)

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• Additive Migration from Various Plastics - Food Additives and Contaminants v.1, n.4, 1984

• Antioxidants - Online source

• BHT in Water Bottle: Application of solid-phase microextraction combined with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry to the determination of butylated hydroxytoluene in bottled drinking water. (abstract) - J Chromatogr A 2002 Jul 19;963(1-2):179-83 Jul02

• BHA, BHT - Food Antioxidants: Technological, Toxicological, and Health Perspectives 1996

• Cadmium: Review Of Cadmium In Plastic Waste In Sweden - Waste Management & Research 1aug93

• Cadmium: Aggressive behavior of the rat induced by repeated administration of Cadmium  - Toxicology Letters Mar81

• Irganox 1192 Teratology Study in Rats with Cover Letter Dated 4feb87

• Organotin Pollution in Deep-Sea Fish from the Northwestern Mediterranean - Environ. Sci. Technol. 15oct02

• Lead phosphate is used as a stabilizer in styrene and casein plastics

• Triphenyltin Exposure Causes Irreversible Inhibition of the Cytotoxic Function of Human Natural Killer Cells
    Presented at annual meeting of American Chemical Society in Orlando, FL 8apr02

• Triphenyltin (TPT): Researchers Find New POP -  Environ. Sci. Technol. 1nov02

• Triphenyltin: Degradation of Triphenyltin by a fluorescent pseudomonad (abstract) - Appl Environ Microbiol Aug00

• Triphenyltin Compounds - Concise International Chemical Assessment Document 13 WHO 1999

• Triphenyltin (TPT): Evaluation of Pesticide Residues in Food - FAO Meeting Report No. PL/1965/10/1 WHO/Food Add./27.65 1oct65

• Undesirable Reaction of Aqueous Cyclodextrin Solutions with Polypropylene - Microchemical Journal 1jun99

• Vinyl Food Wrap Makers to Abandon Nonylphenol Stabilizer - Asahi News Service 25jan00

This section was begun on 17apr02

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