phosphates

Also known as phosphate

In chemistry, a phosphate is an anion, salt, functional group or ester derived from a phosphoric acid. It most commonly means orthophosphate, a derivative of orthophosphoric acid, phosphoric acid .

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A phosphate is a chemical compound derived from phosphoric acid, and it's one of the most common forms found in nature and industry. Phosphates matter because they're essential ingredients in fertilizers, detergents, food additives, and biological processes in living organisms.

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An efficient microbiological growth medium for screening phosphate solubilizing microorganisms.FEMS microbiology letters · 1999Nautiyal CSDOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1999.tb13383.x
Protease-triggered self-immolative acyl phosphates for controlled phosphate release.Organic & biomolecular chemistry · 2026Clark HJ, Chun Y, Nitz MDOI: 10.1039/d6ob00405a
Cationic Coacervates: Novel Phosphate Ionic Reservoir for the Mineralization of Calcium Phosphates.ACS biomaterials science & engineering · 2023Gruber D, Ruiz-Agudo C, Cölfen HDOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.1c01090
Hypophosphatemia.Drug intelligence & clinical pharmacy · 1984Conner CSDOI: 10.1177/106002808401800706
Phosphate and Kidney Healthy Aging.ReviewKidney & blood pressure research · 2020Rubio-Aliaga IDOI: 10.1159/000509831
Phosphate homeostasis and disorders.ReviewAnnals of clinical biochemistry · 2014Manghat P, Sodi R, Swaminathan RDOI: 10.1177/0004563214521399
[Phosphate binders].ReviewMedizinische Monatsschrift fur Pharmazeuten · 2016Heeb RM
The Pathologic Actions of Phosphate in CKD.ReviewKidney360 · 2025Fajol A, Faul CDOI: 10.34067/KID.0000000820

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Chemical properties
Equilibria in solution
Biochemistry of phosphates
Bones and teeth
Medical and biological research uses
Plant metabolism
Adverse health effects
Production
Geological occurrence
Mining
Environmental Impacts of Mining
Limiting nutrient
Pollution
In soils
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In chemistry, a phosphate is an anion, salt, functional group or ester derived from a phosphoric acid. It most commonly means orthophosphate, a derivative of orthophosphoric acid, phosphoric acid .

The phosphate or orthophosphate ion is derived from phosphoric acid by the removal of three protons . Removal of one proton gives the dihydrogen phosphate ion while removal of two protons gives the hydrogen phosphate ion . These names are also used for salts of those anions, such as ammonium dihydrogen phosphate and trisodium phosphate.