triphosphate
noun
tri·phos·phate
(ˌ)trī-ˈfäs-ˌfāt 
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The complex has a mix of stem cell culture from Alpine rose and a microorganism living in a Swiss glacier that purports to rejuvenate skin and stimulate Adenosine triphosphate, or ATP, a key energy source for skin cells.
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Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 1 July 2025
The primary way these ingredients produce this result is by increasing ATP levels (Adenosine triphosphate), which provides energy to cells.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 17 Oct. 2022
The reverse transcriptase enzyme in prime editors uses the same DNA building blocks, called deoxynucleotide triphosphates, that the cell naturally for its own DNA replication and repair.
—Sharon Begley, STAT, 6 Nov. 2019
Decades in the making Adenosine is a component of ATP, or adenosine triphosphate, which cells use for energy.
—Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 11 May 2017
First was the levels of phosphocreatine, which allows muscles to continue contracting even when adenosine triphosphate, or ATP (a key molecule in transporting chemical energy within the cell), runs out.
—Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 24 May 2017
Decades in the making
Adenosine is a component of ATP, or adenosine triphosphate, which cells use for energy.
—Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 11 May 2017
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Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 1 July 2025
The primary way these ingredients produce this result is by increasing ATP levels (Adenosine triphosphate), which provides energy to cells.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 17 Oct. 2022
The reverse transcriptase enzyme in prime editors uses the same DNA building blocks, called deoxynucleotide triphosphates, that the cell naturally for its own DNA replication and repair.
—Sharon Begley, STAT, 6 Nov. 2019
Decades in the making Adenosine is a component of ATP, or adenosine triphosphate, which cells use for energy.
—Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 11 May 2017
First was the levels of phosphocreatine, which allows muscles to continue contracting even when adenosine triphosphate, or ATP (a key molecule in transporting chemical energy within the cell), runs out.
—Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 24 May 2017
Decades in the making
Adenosine is a component of ATP, or adenosine triphosphate, which cells use for energy.
—Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 11 May 2017
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triphosphate
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tri·phos·phate
(ˈ)trī-ˈfäs-ˌfāt
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