To hold substrate for a chemical reaction

To provide functional groups that will attack the substrate and carry out chemical reaction

Enzyme Inhibitors

Saccharin

Aspartame

Alitame

Sucralose

BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene)

BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole)

Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C)

Tocopherols (Vitamin E)

Table salt

Sugar

Vegetable oils

Sodium benzoate

Salts of sorbic acid and propanoic acid

Cimetidine (Tagamet)

Antidepressants

Mild Tranquilizers (used for relieving tension)

Controlling depression and hypertension

Barbiturates

Nonhypnotic

Nonnarcotic (nonaddictive)

Narcotic (Addictive)

Bactericidal

Bacteriostatic

Spectrum of Action

Furacine

Soframicine

Dettol

Bithionol (or Bithional) in soaps

Tincture of Iodine

Iodoform

Boric acid

Chlorine in conc. of 0.2 to 0.4 ppm in aq. sol.

Sulphur dioxide in very low conc.

Northindrone

Ethynylestradiol (novestrol)