Chemical Properties
White crystalline powder
Uses
Lithium citrate is useful as a potential therapeutic for Canavan disease due to aspartoacylase deficiency or aminoacylase 2 deficiency.
Uses
alpha-glucosidase inhibitor, antidiabetic
Application
Citric acid trilithium salt tetrahydrate is a pharmaceutical structural material commonly used in the determination of amino acids by high-performance liquid chromatography gradient elution.
Definition
ChEBI: A hydrate that is the tetrahydrate form of lithium citrate. It is used as a source of lithium for the treatment of anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, and depression.
brand name
Lithonate (Solvay Pharmaceuticals).