Definition of "diphosphate" []

• An ester of phosphoric acid containing two phosphate groups. (noun)

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• "ATP (adenosine triphosphate) and ADP (adenosine diphosphate), the main energy carriers in living cells, and he determined the structure of vitamin B12 (cf. Section 3.5) and of FAD"
• "ATP is created from adenine diphosphate using the energy released during glucose metabolism."
• "ADP adenosine diphosphate is converted to ATP in the mitochondria."