English-Portuguese translations for preservative

• conservante
  No entanto, na UE, este produto é comummente utilizado como conservante nos champôs familiares para cabelos. However, in the EU it is commonly used as a preservative in "family" hair shampoos.
  O mertiolato, que contém mercúrio, é utilizado como conservante em determinados medicamentos, incluindo vacinas. Merthiolate, which contains mercury, is used as a preservative in some medicines, including in vaccines.
  Estes últimos devem voltar a ser naturais, sem aditivos nem conservantes químicos. Produce must return to being natural and free from additives and chemical preservatives.
• preservador
  São eles, por exemplo, os insecticidas, desinfectantes, preservadores de materiais, conservantes - para só referir alguns.We are talking here about insecticides, disinfectants, preservatives and products used to protect materials, to mention but a few.
• preservante

Definition of preservative

• Any agent, natural or artificial that acts to preserve, especially when added to food
• Tending to preserve

Examples

• Salt, sugar, and acid all act as preservatives when making pickles.
• The curators took preservative actions to maintain the ancient collection.

Related words

• self-preservation
• preservation
• cryopreservation
• cyropreservation
• instinct of self-preservation
• food preservative
• data preservation
• tree preservation licence
• tree preservation order