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tartrate

tartrate

1 8.2
A salt made from tartaric acid used in food and medicine
  • noun
  • /ˈtɑːrtreɪt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : tartrato
  • Brimonidine tartrate 0.33% gel, approved in the UK since 2014, is the first topical agent approved for the treatment of facial erythema of rosacea.
  • tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase
  • tartrate-resistant
  • tartrate-resistant acid

Examples

  • Brimonidine tartrate 0.33% gel

    Academic text (2015)
  • The final preparation was of pure Gaucher's cells as confirmed by Giemsa, oil red O, and tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase staining.

    Academic text (1996)
  • See you see the Tartrate has this feature.

  • Potassium Animoto Tartrate is there to actually speed up the reduction that's going on with ascorbic acid.

  • "One of the materials he studied was a "tartrate of soda and potash" -- Rochelle salt -- the same material in which Joseph Valasek discovered ferroelectricity almost exactly a century later.

    Academic text (2005)
  • Lysergic acid (d-lysergic acid diethylamide tartrate) has been studied recently as a drug that might contribute additional knowledge about the mechanisms and treatment of mental disease in general and schizophrenia in particular.

    Blog text (32)
  • The electroless deposition of copper was achieved by immersing the activated samples in an alkaline Cu tartrate bath containing formaldehyde as the reducing agent.

    Academic text (2001)
  • In winemaking, tartrate crystals can form during fermentation and are often considered a sign of quality.

  • Potassium acid tartrate, commonly known as cream of tartar, is used in baking to stabilize egg whites.

  • Chemists often use tartrate salts to create various compounds in laboratory experiments.

Compounds

9.9

A poisonous colorless salt used to fix colors in dyeing and formerly to make people vomit

5.1

A white powder used in baking to make cakes rise and keep egg whites stable

6.5

A white powder used to help with mild constipation in some medicines

Surface Forms

tartrate singular
tartrates plural

Morphology

tartrate = tartar (semi-transparent) = tartar + ate

Formed by the chemical suffix '-ate' from the base related to 'tartar'/'tartaric', but the meaning (a specific chemical salt) is specialized and may not be obvious to general learners.

Etymology

Tartrate comes from tartar, the crusty deposit that sometimes forms in wine or on teeth, and the ending -ate shows it is a 'salt' or chemical form of tartaric acid. So a tartrate is a salt made from tartaric acid, which is why you see tartrate crystals in wine and why tartrates appear in food and medicine.