Phytate Sodium

Chemical Name Myo-lnositol hexakis(dihydrogen phosphatelsodium salt Common Name — 

Heretofore, no economical method for preparing pure phytic acid was known. The classical method was to dissolve calcium phytate in an acid such as hydrochloric acid, and then add a solution of a copper salt, such as copper sulfate to precipitate copper phytate. The latter was suspended in water and treated with hydrogen sulfide, which formed insoluble copper sulfide and released phytic acid to the solution. After removing the copper sulfide by filtration, the filtrate was concentrated to yield phytic acid as a syrup. 

The phytic acid in the form of a calcium phytate press cake may however be contacted with a cation exchange resin to replace the calcium with sodium to yield phytate sodium. 

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Inositol hexaphosphoric acid hexasodium salt myo-lnositol hexakis(dihydrogen phosphate) sodium salt Phytat D.B. Phytate sodium Rencal Sodium phytate. Chelating agent. Used to remove traces of heavy metal ions and also as a fermentation nutrient. Solid soluble in H2O, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 

Sodium inositol hexaphosphate. See Sodium phytate Sodium iodate... 

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