a salt of sulfurous acid containing the divalent, negative radical SO3
2.
an uncharged ester of this acid
sulfite in American English
(ˈsʌlfait)
noun Chemistry
1.
a salt or ester of sulfurous acid
2.
any sulfite-containing compound, esp. one that is used in foods or drug products asa preservative and that can cause severe allergic reactions in susceptible individuals: use in fresh fruits and vegetables banned by the FDA in 1986
Derived forms
sulfitic (sʌlˈfɪtɪk)
adjective
Word origin
[1780–90; sulf(ur) + -ite1]This word is first recorded in the period 1780–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: alignment, carbon, dynamics, fluff, rosette-ite is a suffix of nouns denoting esp. persons associated with a place, tribe, leader,doctrine, system, etc. (Campbellite; Israelite; laborite); minerals and fossils (ammonite; anthracite); explosives (cordite; dynamite); chemical compounds, esp. salts of acids whose names end in -ous (phosphite; sulfite); pharmaceutical and commercial products (vulcanite); a member or component of a part of the body (somite)
Examples of 'sulfite' in a sentence
sulfite
Tannins were reacted with acetic acid and sodium sulfite to reduce adhesive viscosity.
Angélica de Cássia Oliveira Carneiro, Benedito Rocha Vital, Alexandre Santos Pimenta,Ricardo Marius Della Lucia 2004, 'Propriedades de chapas de flocos fabricadas com adesivo de uréia-formaldeído e detaninos da casca de Eucalyptus grandis W. Hill ex Maiden ou de Eucalyptus pellitaF. Muell. Properties of flakeboards made from urea-formaldehyde and bark tannins adhesivesof Eucalyptus grandis or Eucalyptus pellita', Revista Árvorehttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-67622004000500011. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In contrast, the pitting depth decreased with increasing sulfite concentration.
Martin Fatah, Mokhtar C Ismail, Bambang A Wahjoedi, Halim Rusjdi, Eko Sulistyo 2019, 'Pitting Depth Prediction Caused by SRB using Empirical Equation', Rekayasa Mesinhttps://rekayasamesin.ub.ac.id/index.php/rm/article/view/466. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Further, these experiments reveal a complex biochemistry associated with sulfite reduction.
William D. Leavitt, William D. Leavitt, Renata eCummins, Marian L Schmidt, Min SubeSim, Min Sub eSim, Shuhei eOno, Alexander S. Bradley, David T. Johnston 2014, 'Multiple sulfur isotope signatures of sulfite and thiosulfate reduction by the modeldissimilatory sulfate-reducer, Desulfovibrio alaskensis str. G20', Frontiers in Microbiologyhttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00591/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
However, exogenous sulfite significantly stimulated the growth yield of sulfide limitedbatch cultures.
Jesse eRodriguez, Jennifer eHiras, Jennifer eHiras, Thomas E Hanson, Thomas E Hanson,Thomas E Hanson 2011, 'Sulfite oxidation in Chlorobaculum tepidum', Frontiers in Microbiologyhttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2011.00112/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Barley straw hydrolysis with sodium sulfite facilitates the production of lignosulfonates.
Maria Guadalupe Serna-Diaz, Ainhoa Arana-Cuenca, Joselito Medina-Marin, Juan CarlosSeck-Tuoh-Mora, Yuridia Mercado-Flores, Angélica Jiménez-González, Alejandro Tellez-Jurado 2016, 'Modeling of Sulfite Concentration, Particle Size, and Reaction Time in LignosulfonateProduction from Barley Straw Using Response Surface Methodology and Artificial NeuralNetwork', BioResourceshttp://ojs.cnr.ncsu.edu/index.php/BioRes/article/view/BioRes_11_4_9219_Serna_Diaz_Modeling_Sulfite_Concentration_Neural_Network. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The plants showed much less damage, less sulfite accumulation, but greater amounts of sulfate.
Zongliang Xia, Kaile Sun, Meiping Wang, Ke Wu, Hua Zhang, Jianyu Wu 2012, 'Overexpression of a maize sulfite oxidase gene in tobacco enhances tolerance to sulfitestress via sulfite oxidation and CAT-mediated H2O2 scavenging.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3365070?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Soda-sulfite chemi-mechanical pulps were produced from said trees.
Fabio G. Achinelli, Fernando Esteban Felissia, Maria Cristina Area 2013, 'Effects of Weed Control and Fertilization on Wood and Chemi-mechanical Pulp Propertiesof a Populus deltoides Clone', BioResourceshttp://ojs.cnr.ncsu.edu/index.php/BioRes/article/view/BioRes_09_1_801_Villegas_Weed_Control_Fertilization_Populus. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
To date, the molecular mechanisms of sulfite metabolism in plants are largely unknown.
Zongliang Xia, Kaile Sun, Meiping Wang, Ke Wu, Hua Zhang, Jianyu Wu 2012, 'Overexpression of a maize sulfite oxidase gene in tobacco enhances tolerance to sulfitestress via sulfite oxidation and CAT-mediated H2O2 scavenging.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3365070?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
It exhibited sulfite-dependent activity and had strong affinity for the substrate sulfite.
Zongliang Xia, Kaile Sun, Meiping Wang, Ke Wu, Hua Zhang, Jianyu Wu 2012, 'Overexpression of a maize sulfite oxidase gene in tobacco enhances tolerance to sulfitestress via sulfite oxidation and CAT-mediated H2O2 scavenging.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3365070?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Removal of sodium sulfite from the cure significantly reduced the level of mortality.
Shaun Clements, Rob Chitwood, Carl B Schreck 2011, 'Effect of commercially available egg cures on the survival of juvenile salmonids.',PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3124504?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)