The dehydroacetic acid is an amoebic compound. The admixture is classified as pyrone acquired and is acclimated mainly as a fungicide and bactericide.Industrially, it is aswell acclimated as a plasticizer in constructed resins.It acclimated for annihilate and strawberries the stain to abate bloating as a preservative. Aswell acclimated in anti-enzyme toothpaste.Sodium salt, sodium dehydroacetate, is generally acclimated instead of dehydroacetic acerbic due to its greater solubility in water. It is catalyzed by dimerization bourgeois diketene.A based amalgam produced in amounts of 0.6% or less. Sometimes their alkali anatomy (such as sodium dehydroacetate known) is used. The bactericide is able adjoin fungi and has balmy antibacterial properties.
