noun
- a salt or ester of fumaric acid, used in food preservation, pharmaceuticals, and industrial chemistry
Usage: chemistry; biochemistry
Examples
- Sodium fumarate is added to some processed foods as a preservative.
- Dimethyl fumarate is used in the treatment of certain autoimmune diseases.
- The fumarate ion plays an important role in cellular respiration.
- Fumarate derivatives are commonly found in pharmaceutical formulations.
- The compound fumarate is an intermediate in the citric acid cycle.