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vanadate

noun

(chemistry)

1. any salt or ester of vanadic acid

2. any of the corresponding anions, VO₃, VO₄, or V₂O₇, containing pentavalent vanadium

In biological systems vanadate is one of the predominant forms of vanadium, and is known to interfere with a wide variety of enzymes including Ca2+ ATPase and Na+/K+ ATPase.