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🩸 A chemical salt 🧪 Containing aspartic acid
aspartate

aspartate

7.9
Containing aspartic acid or its salts
  • adjective
  • /æˈspɔrˌteɪt/
  • Specialized
: aspartato
  • Alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase levels were also tested in 17 patients.
  • aspartate aminotransferase
  • aspartate and alanine

Examples

  • The most consistent laboratory change related to the use of riluzole is a dose-related rise in the activity of the serum aminotransferases (alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase).

    Academic text (2000)

  • Liver function tests: transaminase level (alanine aminotransferase or aspartate aminotransferase) to be done before starting a statin and then at 3 months and 12 months.

    Academic text (2015)

  • The doctor explained that an increase in aspartate levels may indicate liver problems.

  • In the lab, they measured the aspartate levels to assess the patient's metabolic health.

  • Researchers studied the effects of aspartate on neurotransmitter signaling in the brain.

Synonyms

aspartic
vsaspartate
  • Specialized
1 7.4

Relating to aspartic acid, a chemical part of proteins

focuses on substances that contain the amino acid or its salts or esters

Surface Forms

aspartate positive

Morphology

aspartate = aspartic (semi-transparent) = aspart + ate

Formed by adding the chemical suffix '-ate' to the combining form 'aspart-'; the morphological pattern is regular but understanding requires domain-specific knowledge of chemical naming.

Etymology

Aspartate as an adjective comes from aspartic acid, which was named after asparagus because scientists first found the acid in that plant, and the ending -ate means 'salt or related to an acid'. So, calling something aspartate means it 'relates to' or 'contains' aspartic acid.