ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does adenosine diphosphate mean? 

• ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE (noun)
  The noun ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE has 1 sense:

1. an ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage

  Familiarity information: ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

adenosine diphosphate; ADP

Hypernyms ("adenosine diphosphate" is a kind of...):

base; nucleotide (a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA))

 Context examples 

This protein complex can catalyze the conversion of adenosine diphosphate to adenosine triphosphate.

(F1 Particle, NCI Thesaurus)

Activated platelets release adenosine diphosphate (ADP), serotonin (5-HT), and thromboxane A2 (TXA2), which activate additional platelets.

(Acute Myocardial Infarction Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

A measurement of the adenosine diphosphate in a biological specimen.

(Adenosine Diphosphate Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The determination of the amount of adenosine diphosphate present in a sample.

(Adenosine Diphosphate Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

Clopidogrel bisulfate irreversibly alters the platelet receptor for adenosine diphosphate (ADP), thereby blocking the binding of ADP to its receptor, inhibiting ADP-mediated activation of the glycoprotein complex GPIIb/IIIa, and inhibiting fibrinogen binding to platelets and platelet adhesion and aggregation.

(Clopidogrel Bisulfate, NCI Thesaurus)