MALEATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does maleate mean? 

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

1. a salt or ester of maleic acid; used as a nontricyclic antidepressant drug for psychomotor activation

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MALEATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A salt or ester of maleic acid; used as a nontricyclic antidepressant drug for psychomotor activation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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

antidepressant; antidepressant drug (any of a class of drugs used to treat depression; often have undesirable side effects)

ester (organic compound formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water)

 Context examples 

The maleate salt form of dexbrompheniramine, an alkylamine derivative with anticholinergic and sedative properties.

(Dexbrompheniramine Maleate, NCI Thesaurus)

Cediranib maleate may prevent the growth of new blood vessels that tumors need to grow and may kill cancer cells.

(Cediranib maleate, NCI Dictionary)

The maleate salt form of henatinib, an orally bioavalable, multitargeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor with potential antitumor and antiangiogenic activities.

(Henatinib Maleate, NCI Thesaurus)

The maleate salt form of pheniramine, an alkylamine derivative with antihistaminic and vasodilatory properties.

(Pheniramine Maleate, NCI Thesaurus)

Carbinoxamine maleate is used to provide symptomatic relieve of allergic symptoms.

(Carbinoxamine Maleate, NCI Thesaurus)

The maleate salt form of dexchlorpheniramine, an alkylamine, and first-generation histamine antagonist with anti-allergic activity.

(Dexchlorpheniramine Maleate, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called cediranib maleate and Recentin.

(AZD2171, NCI Dictionary)

The maleate salt form of brompheniramine, an alkylamine derivative and a histamine antagonist with anticholinergic and sedative properties.

(Brompheniramine Maleate, NCI Thesaurus)

The maleate salt of amlodipine, a synthetic phenylpyridine vasodilator with antihypertensive and antianginal effects.

(Amlodipine Maleate, NCI Thesaurus)

The maleate salt form of fluvoxamine, a 2-aminoethyl oxime ether of aralkylketones, with antidepressant, antiobsessive-compulsive, and antibulimic activities.

(Fluvoxamine Maleate, NCI Thesaurus)