BITARTRATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bitartrate mean? 

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

1. an acid tartrate; a hydrogen tartrate

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BITARTRATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An acid tartrate; a hydrogen tartrate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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

tartrate (a salt or ester of tartaric acid)

 Context examples 

Hydrocodone bitartrate is made from codeine and binds to opioid receptors in the central nervous system.

(Hydrocodone bitartrate, NCI Dictionary)

The bitartrate salt form of levarterenol, the levorotatory isomer of norepinephrine with a vasoconstrictor effect.

(Levarterenol Bitartrate, NCI Thesaurus)

A bitartrate salt of norepinephrine, a synthetic phenylethylamine that mimics the sympathomimetic actions of the endogenous norepinephrine.

(Norepinephrine Bitartrate, NCI Thesaurus)

Cysteamine bitartrate enters the cell and reacts with cystine producing cysteine and cysteine-cysteamine mixed disulfide compound, both of which, unlike cystine, can pass through the lysosomal membrane.

(Cysteamine Bitartrate, NCI Thesaurus)

Epinephrine bitartrate acts on both alpha and beta adrenergic receptors.

(Epinephrine Bitartrate, NCI Thesaurus)

Dihydrocodeine bitartrate mimics the actions of the endogenous opioid peptides due to its agonistic effects on the opioid receptors.

(Dihydrocodeine Bitartrate, NCI Thesaurus)

The bitartrate salt form of phenylephrine, a direct-acting sympathomimetic amine chemically related to adrenaline and ephedrine with potent vasoconstricting activity.

(Phenylephrine Bitartrate, NCI Thesaurus)

The bitartrate salt form of hydrocodone, a semisynthetic hydrogenated codeine derivative and opioid agonist with analgesic and antitussive effects.

(Hydrocodone bitartrate, NCI Thesaurus)

The bitartrate salt form of epinephrine, a direct-acting sympathomimetic amine with bronchodilator and vasoconstricting activity.

(Epinephrine Bitartrate, NCI Thesaurus)

Dihydrocodeine bitartrate is twice as potent as codeine and has one third of the potency of morphine.

(Dihydrocodeine Bitartrate, NCI Thesaurus)