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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/100237| Title: | Butylated hydroxyanisole |
| Other Titles: | Antioxidants effects in health : the bright and the dark side |
| Authors: | Blundell, Renald Shah, Muhammad Ajmal Azzopardi, Joseph I. Benmelouka, Amira Y. Rasul, Azhar Althobaiti, Norah A. |
| Keywords: | Butylated hydroxytoluene Drugs -- Analysis Chemicals |
| Issue Date: | 2022 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| Citation: | Blundell, R., Shah, M. A., Azzopardi, J. I., Benmelouka, A. Y., Rasul, A., & Althobaiti, N. A. (2022). Butylated hydroxyanisole. In S. M. Nabavi & A. Sanches Silva (Eds.), Antioxidants effects in health : the bright and the dark side (189-194). Elsevier |
| Abstract: | Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) is a monohydric phenolic antioxidant (Burdock, 2005) found as a mixture of two isomeric compounds, 2-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyanisole (2-BHA) as shown in Fig. 3.1.2A and 3-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyanisole (3-BHA) as shown in Fig. 3.2.1B; in commercial mixtures, the latter isomer is found in greater quantities than the former at a ratio of 9:1 and is preferred for its antioxidant properties (Burdock, 2005; Rajadhyaksha et al., 2006). BHA is a crystalline or waxy solid that can be white or slightly yellow in colour and has a faint, characteristic odor. It is freely soluble in alcohols, such as ethanol, and in petroleum ether, chloroform, fats, oils, and propylene glycol, but it is insoluble in water. It melts at temperatures ranging from 48 to 63 degrees Celsius (EFSA, 2016). [excerpt] |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/100237 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacM&SPB |
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