phosphate

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Once changed to ATP, a phosphate is again lost when energy is expended, and so the cycle continues.

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  1. noun A salt or ester of phosphoric acid.
  2. noun A fertilizer containing phosphorus compounds.
  3. noun A soda fountain drink made by blending carbonated water with flavored syrup.

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  • Biobuffer - Biochemical buffers are synthetic organic compounds that often contain non-carbon functional groups such as phosphate, amino, sulfhydryl, hydroxy, and heterocyclic atoms capable of being ionized at physiological pH ranges.
  • Nature: Scientists Byoungwoo Kang and Gerbrand Ceder tweaked the surface structure of lithium ion phosphate, a material commonly used to make batteries. —  BusinessWeek.com --
  • NRI-phosphate is hydrolyzed to NRI and inorganic phosphate in a divalent cation-requiring autocatalytic reaction. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT) - Jim Nichols braced himself for a big number when he recently called his local grain elevator for a price on phosphate, a key ingredient of fertilizer. —  Catholic Online > Daily Readings
  • A test determined the substance to be calcium phosphate, a non-hazardous ingredient in baking powder and plant fertilizer. —  News for Waynesboro News Virginian
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  1. phosph(o)- + -ate2.

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  1. = P. phosphate = Spanish fosfato = Portuguese phosphato = Italian fosfato; as phosph(orus) + -ate.
 

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