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UNSPSC Code:
12352200
General description
Phytic acid (myo-inositol hexaphosphoric acid) is a natural plant antioxidant. It is abundantly found in edible legumes, cereals, oilseeds, pollens and nuts. It can be used as an substitute for presently employed seed preservatives, many of which cause health hazards. Phytic acid (PA) chelate multivalent metal ions, mainly zinc, calcium and iron. It is also implicated in reducing lipid peroxidation and is used as a food preservative.
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Hazard Classifications
Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Dam. 1 - Met. Corr. 1 - Skin Corr. 1B
Storage Class
8A - Combustible corrosive hazardous materials
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WGK 3
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Not applicable
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Not applicable
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Huoqing Huang et al.
Applied and environmental microbiology, 75(6), 1508-1516 (2009-01-20)
Phytate is the most abundant organic phosphorus compound in nature, and microbial mineralization of phytate by phytase is a key process for phosphorus recycling in the biosphere. In the present study, beta-propeller phytase (BPP) gene fragments were readily amplified from
Phytic acid in health and disease.
Zhou J R and Erdman Jr J W.
Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 35(6), 495-508 (1995)
Antioxidant functions of phytic acid.
Graf E and Eaton J W.
Free Radical Biology & Medicine, 8(1), 61-69 (1990)