CITRATE

Citrate

A citrate is a derivative of citric acid; that is, the salts, esters, and the polyatomic anion found in solution. An example of the former, a salt is trisodium citrate; an ester is triethyl citrate. When part of a salt, the formula of the citrate ion is written as C6H5O73− or C3H5O33−.

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citrate

Noun

  1. Any salt or ester of citric acid.

Verb

  1. To cause to form citrate.


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