Methyl 4-hydroxybenzoate has been used:to wash mites from the cells of Apis mellifera workers preceding the harvest of mite salivaas a component of grape/apple juice agar plates to culture Drosophila for the extraction of ovaries/embryosin studies on sterol hormones such as testosterone biosynthesis
General description
Parabens are ester derivatives of hydroxybenzoic acid. Methyl 4-hydroxybenzoate is a short-chain paraben, suitable for applications in food. It is found in cloudberry, white wine, yellow passion fruit, and bourbon vanilla.