Sodium benzoate
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Common Name:Sodium benzoate
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A food additive (E211) used as a preservative potentially implicated in hyperactivity in children[1][2]. See benzoic acid for how it works.
References
- ↑ Bateman B, Warner JO, Hutchinson E, Dean T, Rowlandson P, Gant C, Grundy J, Fitzgerald C, Stevenson J. The effects of a double blind, placebo controlled, artificial food colourings and benzoate preservative challenge on hyperactivity in a general population sample of preschool children. Archives of disease in childhood. 2004 Jun; 89(6):506-11.
- ↑ McCann D, Barrett A, Cooper A et al. Food additives and hyperactive behaviour in 3-year-old and 8/9-year-old children in the community: a randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial. The Lancet DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61306-3 accessed 5/9/07
