acidifying
Meaning
of Acidify
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Like many members of the lactic acid bacteria family, is capable of restricting the growth of other microorganisms by acidifying its environment.
Examples of acidifying agents include gastrointestinal acidifying agents (e.g., guanethidine, reserpine, glutamic acid HCl, ) and urinary acidifying agents (e.g., ammonium chloride, sodium acid phosphate, methenamine salts).
Definition "Acid rain" is a popular term referring to the deposition of a mixture from wet (rain, snow, sleet, fog, cloudwater, and dew) and dry (acidifying particles and gases) acidic components.
The potassium is alkaline, but the chloride is acidifying.
Methionine is also known to increase the urinary excretion of quinidine by acidifying the urine.