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CITRIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or related to citric acid
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
citric acid (a weak water-soluble acid found in many fruits (especially citrus fruits); used as a flavoring agent)
Context examples:
Citric acid is used as an excipient in pharmaceutical preparations due to its antioxidant properties.
(Anhydrous Citric Acid, NCI Thesaurus)
Transamination or deamination of glutamate produces a-ketoglutarate which feeds into the citric acid cycle.
(Arginine, Histidine, Glutamate, Glutamine, and Proline Degradation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
A small, yellow citrus fruit that is a source of citric acid and ascorbic acid (vitamin C).
(Lemon, NCI Dictionary)
A solution of citric acid, sodium citrate, monobasic sodium phosphate, and dextrose in water used as an anticoagulant in the collection and preservation of whole blood.
(Citrate Phosphate Dextrose, NCI Thesaurus)
A soluble, complex bismuth salt of citric acid used in combination with metronidazole and tetracycline to treat stomach ulcers caused by Helicobacter pylori infections.
(Bismuth Subcitrate Potassium, NCI Thesaurus)
To be transported, the acetyl-CoA must be chemically converted to citric acid using a pathway called the tricarboxylate transport system.
(Acetyl Group Shuttle Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
It is the alkaloid caffeine, with a portion of adherent citric acid, as indicated by its pharmacopoeial name (citrated caffeine).
(Caffeine Citrate, NCI Thesaurus)
Mucoadhesive oral wound rinse consists of purified water, glycerin, benzyl alcohol, sodium saccharin, carbomer homopolymer A, potassium hydroxide, citric acid, polysorbate 60 and phosphoric acid.
(Mucoadhesive Oral Wound Rinse, NCI Thesaurus)
The Gly-rich NAD-Binding Domain (often N-terminal) is often found in metabolic enzymes involved in glycolysis, glyconeogenesis, and the citric acid cycle, such as GAPDH (glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate oxidation and phosphorylation), lactate dehydrogenases (lactate to pyruvate conversion), and malate dehydrogenases (malate to oxaloacetate interconversion).
(NAD-Binding Domain, NCI Thesaurus)
A small particle or grain containing a medicinal agent in a dry mixture usually composed of sodium bicarbonate, citric acid, and tartaric acid which, when in contact with water, has the capability to release gas, resulting in effervescence.
(Effervescent Granule Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
