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racemate
a salt or ester of racemic acid. -
amphetamine
Amphetamine is a drug which increases people's energy, makes them excited, and reduces their desire for food. -
pyroracemic acid
pyruvic acid. -
racemic acid
an isomeric modification of tartaric acid that is sometimes found in the juice of grapes in conjunction with the common dextrorotatory form and is optically inactive but can be separated into the two usual isomeric forms, dextrorotatory and levorotatory. -
racemism
(of a compound) the state of being optically inactive and separable into two other substances of the same chemical composition as the original substance, one of which is dextrorotatory and the other levorotatory, as racemic acid.