noun
sodium citrate
Chemical term for the sodium salt of citric acid, used as a food additive, anticoagulant, and buffer.
クエン酸ナトリウムは食品添加物として使われる。
Sodium citrate is used as a food additive.
Citric acid, the parent acid; sodium citrate is its sodium salt.
From クエン酸 (citric acid) + ナトリウム (sodium). クエン酸 is a Japanese-coined term from 枸櫞 (citron) + 酸 (acid).