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What is a racemate?

What is a racemate? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (chemistry) a racemic mixture
  2. (chemistry) any salt or ester of racemic acid
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As, for instance, strychnine racemate, a compound of racemic acid with the optically active strychnine.
Table 2 Effects of GBE and bilohalide on plasma concentration of warfarin and 7-hydroxywarfarin enantiomers in mice given warfarin racemate.
Sometimes both the enantiomers of a racemate are biologically active but act at different receptors and cause different effects.
As the latter are equally soluble, equal amounts of each will dissolve, and a further quantity of the racemate will be deposited.
The use of enantiomerically pure DOTAP Chloride shows enhanced adjuvant activity compared to the racemate.
Below the transition point, therefore, the solubility of the racemate is less than that of the mixed tartrates.

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