See Also: tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase(medicine)
acid tartrate(medicine)
noradrenaline acid tartrate(medicine)
potassium acid tartrate(medicine)
acid phosphatase(medicine)
Acid phosphatase(health)
lysophosphatidic acid phosphatase(medicine)
prostate acid phosphatase(medicine)
purple acid phosphatase(medicine)
Prostate acid phosphatase (PAP)(health)

rhodonite (sh) and tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (medicine)


rhodonite (sh)




Silicate mineral that occurs in various manganese ores, often with rhodochrosite.

A manganese silicate, MnSiO3, with small amounts of iron and calcium, it is found in the Ural Mountains, Sweden, Australia, California, New Jersey, and elsewhere. Rhodonite is the primary source of some important manganese oxide deposits, such as the manganese ores of India. Fine-grained rhodonite of clean, pink colour is a desirable gem and ornamental stone.


Rhodonite from Pajsberg, Swed.

By courtesy of the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago; photograph, John H. Gerard


tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (medicine)


tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase
<biochemistry, enzyme> Acid phosphatase is present in bone, prostate, platelets, erythrocytes and spleen.

Osteoclasts contain an isoenzyme that is resistant to tartrate, whereas, the isoenzyme in the prostate is sensitive. Tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase is elevated in the serum of patients with primary hypoparathyroidism, Paget disease, vertebral osteoporosis, T-cell lymphoma and in women after oophorectomy. Oestrogen replacement in osteoporotic postmenopausal women is associated with a decrease in tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase of 70% over 3 to 6 months.

Acronym: TRAP