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pentavalent
(redirected from pentavalent organic arsenicals)

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pen·ta·va·lent  (pnt-vlnt)
adj.
Having valence 5.

pentavalent [ˌpɛntəˈveɪlənt]
adj
(Chemistry) Chem having a valency of five Also quinquevalent
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Adj.1.pentavalent - having a valence of five
chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions


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In manamals, As(V) is first reduced to As(III), whereas As(III), produced by this reduction or from direct ingestion, is methylated primarily to pentavalent organic arsenicals including monomethylarsonic acid [MMA(V)] and DMA(V)].
 
 
 
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