Any salt or ester of fumaric acid; they are produced in the body as part of the urea cycle.

plural of fumarate

Of, pertaining to, or derived from fumitory. / (chemistry) Of or pertaining to fumaric acid or its derivatives.

The calcium salt of fumaric acid, with chemical formula Ca(C₂H₂(COO)₂).

(inorganic chemistry) The potassium salt of fumaric acid

(organic chemistry) an unsaturated organic dicarboxylic acid, HOOCCH=CHCOOH, the geometric isomer of maleic acid from which it may be prepared by heating; it is found in many plants, including fungi and mosses, and is essential in the chemistry of respiration; it has a number of industrial applications, and its esters, the fumarates, are used in the treatment of psoriasis

plural of fumaric acid