any salt or ester of sulphuric acid, such as sodium sulphate, Na2SO4, sodium hydrogen sulphate, or diethyl sulphate, (C2H5)2SO4
2. slang
amphetamine sulphate
Often shortened to: sulph
verb
3. (transitive)
to treat with a sulphate or convert into a sulphate
4.
to undergo or cause to undergo the formation of a layer of lead sulphate on the plates of anaccumulator
Derived forms
sulphation (sulˈphation)
noun
Word origin
C18: from New Latin sulfātum; see sulphur
Examples of 'sulfation' in a sentence
sulfation
Sulfation reactions are thought to be rate-limited by endogenous sulfate concentrations.
Christina G. Tise, Leslie E. Anforth, Albert E. Zhou, James A. Perry, Patrick F. McArdle,Elizabeth A. Streeten, Alan R. Shuldiner, Laura M. Yerges-Armstrong 2017, 'Sex-specific effects of serum sulfate level and SLC13A1 nonsense variants on DHEAhomeostasis', Molecular Genetics and Metabolism Reportshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214426917300010. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
For example, sulfation influences the active surface area, and corrosion increases the resistance.
Monika Kwiecien, Julia Badeda, Moritz Huck, Kuebra Komut, Dilek Duman, Dirk Uwe Sauer 2018, 'Determination of SoH of Lead-Acid Batteries by Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy',Applied Scienceshttp://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/8/6/873. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This increased signaling, in turn, stimulates chondroitin-4 sulfation and enhances cathepsin activity.
Heather Flanagan-Steet, Courtney Christian, Po-Nien Lu, Megan Aarnio-Peterson, LauraSanman, Stephanie Archer-Hartmann, Parastoo Azadi, Matthew Bogyo, Richard A. Steet 2018, 'TGF-ß Regulates Cathepsin Activation during Normal and Pathogenic Development', Cell Reportshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124718302602. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The main metabolic reactions were hydrolysis, reduction, hydroxylation, methylation, sulfation, and gluconylation.
Yi-Fan Zhang, Li-Jia Liu, Feng Xu, Ming-Ying Shang, Guang-Xue Liu, Shao-Qing Cai 2018, 'Investigation of the In Vivo Metabolism of Sibirioside A and Angoroside C in Ratsby HPLC-ESI-IT-TOF-MSn', Moleculeshttp://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/23/10/2702. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The mechanisms involved were further deduced to be desugarization, glucuronidation, sulfation, and dehydroxymethylation pathways.
Wenwen Shen, Yingjie Wei, Daoquan Tang, Xiaobin Jia, Bin Chen 2017, 'Metabolite profiles of ginsenosides Rk1 and Rg5 in zebrafish using ultraperformanceliquid chromatography/quadrupole–time-of-flight MS', Journal of Ginseng Researchhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1226845315001347. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
To date, fulvestrant sulfation has not been characterized.
Edavana VK, Yu X, Dhakal IB, Williams S, Ning B, Cook IT, Caldwell D, Falany CN, KadlubarS 2011, 'Sulfation of fulvestrant by human liver cytosols and recombinant SULT1A1 and SULT1E1',Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Medicinehttp://www.dovepress.com/sulfation-of-fulvestrant-by-human-liver-cytosols-and-recombinant-sult1-a8681. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These interactions are highly dependent upon the pattern of sulfation modifications within the glycosaminoglycan chains.
Gallagher John, Lyon Malcolm, Li Jessica, Bistrup Annette, Morimoto-Tomita Megumi,Uchimura Kenji, Werb Zena, Rosen Steven D 2006, 'HSulf-2, an extracellular endoglucosamine-6-sulfatase, selectively mobilizes heparin-boundgrowth factors and chemokines: effects on VEGF, FGF-1, and SDF-1', BMC Biochemistryhttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2091/7/2. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Further analysis of the sulfated statherin revealed the sulfation on tyrosyl residue.
C. Kasinathan, N. Gandhi, P. Ramaprasad, P. Sundaram, N. Ramasubbu 2007, 'Tyrosine Sulfation of Statherin', International Journal of Biological Scienceshttp://www.biolsci.org/v03p0237.htm. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A positive correlation between the degree of sulfation, antioxidant and antiviral activities was observed.
Márcia Maria Mendes Marques, Selene Maia de Morais, Ana Raquel Araújo da Silva, NaiaraDutra Barroso, Tadeu Rocha Pontes Filho, Fernanda Montenegro de Carvalho Araújo, ÍcaroGusmão Pinto Vieira, Danielle Malta Lima, Maria Izabel Florindo Guedes 2015, 'Antiviral and Antioxidant Activities of Sulfated Galactomannans from Plants of CaatingaBiome', Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicinehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/591214. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)