TARTRATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tartrate mean? 

• TARTRATE (noun)
  The noun TARTRATE has 1 sense:

1. a salt or ester of tartaric acid

  Familiarity information: TARTRATE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TARTRATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A salt or ester of tartaric acid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("tartrate" is a kind of...):

salt (a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tartrate"):

antimony potassium tartrate; tartar emetic (a poisonous colorless salt used as a mordant and in medicine)

bitartrate (an acid tartrate; a hydrogen tartrate)

 Context examples 

The tartrate salt form of levorphanol, a synthetic phenanthrene with potent opioid analgesic activity.

(Levorphanol Tartrate, NCI Thesaurus)

The tartrate salt form of ketanserin, a selective serotonin receptor antagonist with weak adrenergic receptor blocking properties.

(Ketanserin Tartrate, NCI Thesaurus)

The tartrate salt form of brimonidine, an imidazole derivative and a selective alpha-2 adrenergic receptor agonist.

(Brimonidine Tartrate, NCI Thesaurus)

Ergotamine tartrate also blocks serotonin 5-HT1D receptors, thereby also causing vasoconstriction in cerebral blood vessels.

(Ergotamine Tartrate, NCI Thesaurus)

The tartrate salt of arformoterol, the (R,R)-enantiomer of formoterol and a long-acting beta-2 adrenergic agonist with bronchodilator activity.

(Arformoterol Tartrate, NCI Thesaurus)

The tartrate salt form of dutogliptin, a potent, water soluble, selective and orally bioavailable, boronic acid-based inhibitor of dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP-4), with hypoglycemic activity.

(Dutogliptin Tartrate, NCI Thesaurus)

The tartrate salt form of metyrapone, a pyridine derivative and an inhibitor of steroid 11-beta-hydroxylase with anti-adrenal activity.

(Metyrapone Tartrate, NCI Thesaurus)

The tartrate salt form of dobutamine, a synthetic catecholamine with sympathomimetic activity.

(Dobutamine Tartrate, NCI Thesaurus)

L-carnitine L-tartrate increases fatty acid oxidation and reduces purine catabolism and free radical formation, which may prevent exercise fatigue, muscle weakness, chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy, and hyperlipoproteinemia.

(L-Carnitine L-Tartrate, NCI Thesaurus)

Metoprolol tartrate antagonizes beta 1-adrenergic receptors in the myocardium, thereby reducing the rate and force of myocardial contraction, and consequently a diminished cardiac output.

(Metoprolol Tartrate, NCI Thesaurus)