buffering agent

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buffering agent

[′bəf·ə·riŋ ‚a·jənt]

(food engineering)

A chemical, such as lactic, citric, or acetic acid or the sodium salts of various acids, added to processed food to adjust and regulate its pH.

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sodium boroformate

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It is typically used to prepare tissue for extractions of nucleic acid, protein, and other constituents by shaking the tissue, steel balls, and a buffering agent together in each well of the titer plate.

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Glycine (amino acetic acid) is used a taste enhancer, a buffering agent, a chemical intermediate and a metal complexing agent - and has been developed recently by the pet-food industry (see European Report No 2503 for more details).