Silver Citrate C₆H₅Ag₃O₇

Silver citrate is a preservative that’s marketed as a “natural” alternative. Silver works by breaking down the cell membrane of the bacterium and denaturing the enzymes within, thus killing the cell.

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APPLICATIONS

Citric acid and silver citrate is a preservative system based on a stabilised silver complex, effective against gram positive and gram negative bacteria as well as against yeasts and moulds.
Citric acid and Silver citrate is also intended to be used as an active ingredient in deodorants.