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Phosphate: 1. The PO4-3 ion. 2. A compound containing the PO4-3 ion.

Sodium Hexametaphosphate: Water softener.

Tricalcium Phosphate: An inorganic, particular or solid form of relatively biodegradable ceramic, which is used as a scaffold for bone regeneration. It can act as a matrix for new bone growth.

Phosphate Group: A chemical group composed of a central phosphorous bonded to three or four oxygens. The net charge on the group is negative.

N-6 Furfuryladenine: Also known as Kinetin.

Adenine (A): A nitrogenous base, one member of the base pair a- t (adenine- thymine).

Adenosine Diphosphate (ADP): Lower energy form of ATP, having two (instead of the three in ATP) phosphhate groups attached to the adenine base and ribose sugar.

Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP): A common form in which energy is stored in living systems; consists of a nucleotide (with ribose sugar) with three phosphate groups. The energy coin of the cell.