Also known as sodium citrate

Colorless crystal or white crystalline powder.

Function and use as flavoring agent and stabilizer in food and beverage industry; Used as anticoagulant, expectorant and diuretic in pharmaceutical industry; In the detergent industry, it can replace sodium tripolyphosphate as an auxiliary agent of non-toxic detergent; It is also used in brewing, injection, photography and electroplating.

Lemon juice contains a lot of citric acid, which can combine with calcium ions to form soluble complexes, which can reduce the role of calcium ions in promoting blood coagulation and prevent and treat hypertension and myocardial infarction. So it can play an anticoagulant role.

When taking fresh blood in clinic, it is necessary to add some sterilized sodium citrate or sodium oxalate to prevent blood coagulation, so sodium citrate and sodium oxalate are called anticoagulants.

potassium citrate

Potassium citrate, also called potassium citrate and tripotassium citrate. Molecular formula: K3C6H5O7 H2O, molecular weight: 324.4, properties: colorless crystal or white crystalline powder, slightly hygroscopic, soluble in water, slowly soluble in glycerol, insoluble in alcohol, salty and cool. Specific gravity: 1.98, uses: mainly used as analytical reagent and food additive, used as alkaline potassium salt in pharmaceutical industry, used for hypokalemia and alkaline urine, to make high-efficiency compound fertilizer, and also used in papermaking, gold plating and other industries.