SULPHATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sulphate mean? 

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

1. a salt or ester of sulphuric acid

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SULPHATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A salt or ester of sulphuric acid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

sulfate; sulphate

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

salt (a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sulphate"):

barium sulfate; barium sulphate; blanc fixe (a white insoluble radiopaque powder used as a pigment)

copper sulfate; copper sulphate; cupric sulfate; cupric sulphate (a copper salt made by the action of sulfuric acid on copper oxide)

magnesium sulfate (a salt of magnesium)

SLS; sodium lauryl sulfate; sodium lauryl sulphate (a caustic detergent useful for removing grease; although commonly included in personal care items (shampoos and toothpastes etc.) it can irritate skin and should not be swallowed)

sodium sulfate; sodium sulphate (a solid white bitter salt used in manufacturing glass and paper and dyes and pharmaceuticals)

white vitriol; zinc sulfate; zinc sulphate; zinc vitriol (a colorless water-soluble powder; used as a mordant or to preserve wood or for the electrodeposition of zinc)

 Context examples 

Experiments as part of the study showed that the APOE3ch variant may reduce the ability of APOE to bind to certain sugars called heparan sulphate proteoglycans (HSPG).

(Unique case of disease resistance reveals possible Alzheimer’s treatment, National Institutes of Health)

The determination of the amount of calcium sulphate present in a sample.

(Calcium Sulphate Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

A measurement of the calcium sulphate in a biological specimen.

(Calcium Sulphate Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Minoxidil is converted into its active metabolite minoxidil sulphate by sulphotransferase enzymes.

(Minoxidil, NCI Thesaurus)

Dextroamphetamine sulphate acts by facilitating the release of catecholamines, particularly noradrenaline and dopamine, from nerve terminals in the brain and inhibits their uptake.

(Dextroamphetamine Sulfate, NCI Thesaurus)

The heparan sulphate proteoglycan agrin is well known as the key assembly factor of postsynaptic differentiation at the neuromuscular junction (NMJ), but recent data suggest it also plays a direct role in the organization of the cytoskeleton in the skeletal muscle.

(Agrin Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Minoxidil sulphate exerts its antihypertensive effect by opening of plasma membrane adenosine triphosphate (ATP)-sensitive potassium channels (KATP channels), thereby directly and rapidly relaxing arteriolar smooth muscle and subsequent reduction of elevated systolic and diastolic blood pressure by decreasing peripheral vascular resistance.

(Minoxidil, NCI Thesaurus)