Name: Benzoic Acid Applications: Used in food and the medicine antiseptic, the plastic plasticizeras well as the organic synthesis raw material Preserving foods, fats, fruit juices, alkaloidal solns, etc; manuf benzoates and benzoyl compds, dyes; as a mordant in calico printing; for curing tobacco. As standard in volumetric and calorimetric analysis. Pharmaceutic aid (antifungal).