CITRATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does citrate mean? 

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

1. a salt or ester of citric acid

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

• CITRATE (verb)
  The verb CITRATE has 1 sense:

1. cause to form a salt or ester of citric acid

  Familiarity information: CITRATE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CITRATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A salt or ester of citric acid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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

ester (organic compound formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water)

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

• CITRATE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to form a salt or ester of citric acid

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "citrate" is one way to...):

change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

citric acid (a weak water-soluble acid found in many fruits (especially citrus fruits); used as a flavoring agent)

 Context examples 

This species is motile by peritrichous flagella, citrate, indole and adonitol positive, hydrogen sulfide negative in Kliger's agar, phenylalanine negative and does not grow in KCN medium.

(Citrobacter farmeri, NCI Thesaurus)

The citrate salt form of clomiphene, a triphenylethylene nonsteroidal ovulatory stimulant evaluated for antineoplastic activity against breast cancer.

(Clomiphene Citrate, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is motile by peritrichous flagella, oxidase negative, produces acid from fermentation, utilizes citrate as a carbon source, indole positive and negative for H2S production.

(Citrobacter amalonaticus, NCI Thesaurus)

A measurement of the citrate in a biological specimen.

(Citrate Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Inside mitochondria, the enzyme citrate synthase joins acetyl-CoA with oxaloacetate to make citrate.

(Acetyl Group Shuttle Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

The determination of the amount of citrate present in a sample.

(Citrate Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

Daunorubicin citrate intercalates DNA, which leads to inhibition of DNA and RNA synthesis, and consequently blocks cell division and results in apoptosis.

(Daunorubicin Citrate, NCI Thesaurus)

The trans-isomer of clomiphene citrate (CC).

(Enclomiphene, NCI Thesaurus)

The citrate salt form of orphenadrine with a muscle relaxant property.

(Orphenadrine Citrate, NCI Thesaurus)

Piperazine citrate is a gamma-aminobutyric acid GABA receptor agonist and blocks the activity of acetylcholine at the neuromuscular junction thereby altering neuronal cell membrane permeability and causing hyperpolarization.

(Piperazine Citrate, NCI Thesaurus)