Sodium chlorate (NaClO
3) has been used in the preparation of aromatic amino acid and σ32 peptide (from
Drosophila melanogaster) samples for NMR analysis.
[3]It may be used in the synthesis of chlorine dioxide
[4] and sodium perchlorate.
[2] It may also be employed as a sulfation inhibitor in the culture medium of HepG2 cells ((human hepatocellular liver carcinoma cells).
[5]