Definition of bisulfite in US English:
bisulfite
(British bisulphite)
nounbaɪˈsəlˌfaɪtbīˈsəlˌfītbaɪˈsəlˌfaɪt
An acid sulfite containing the radical HSO₃.
Example sentencesExamples
- Sulfite increasingly predominates above pH 6, bisulfite predominates at pH 2-4, whereas sulfurous acid appears as a minor component at pH 4 and dominates the mixture only at pH 1 and below.
- Neither sulfite nor bisulfite are sure-fire protectors of phenidone or ascorbic acid against oxidation.
- Perhaps bisulfite in the erythrocytes interacts with these cysteine residues and inhibits enzyme activity.
- In the coenzyme M biosynthetic pathway, for example, White's research team has characterized the first enzyme catalyzing the addition of bisulfite to phosphoenolpyruvate, a new route for the formation of carbon-sulfur bonds.
- Derivatives of sulfites include bisulfites, metabisulfites, and sulfur dioxide.
Definition of bisulfite in US English:
bisulfite
(British bisulphite)
nounbaɪˈsəlˌfaɪtbīˈsəlˌfīt
An acid sulfite containing the radical HSO₃.
Example sentencesExamples
- Sulfite increasingly predominates above pH 6, bisulfite predominates at pH 2-4, whereas sulfurous acid appears as a minor component at pH 4 and dominates the mixture only at pH 1 and below.
- Neither sulfite nor bisulfite are sure-fire protectors of phenidone or ascorbic acid against oxidation.
- Derivatives of sulfites include bisulfites, metabisulfites, and sulfur dioxide.
- In the coenzyme M biosynthetic pathway, for example, White's research team has characterized the first enzyme catalyzing the addition of bisulfite to phosphoenolpyruvate, a new route for the formation of carbon-sulfur bonds.
- Perhaps bisulfite in the erythrocytes interacts with these cysteine residues and inhibits enzyme activity.