potentiator

American  

[puh-ten-shee-ayt-er] / pəˈtɛn ʃiˌeɪt ər /

noun

plural

potentiators

1. something that enhances the potency of something else, especially a substance that increases the effect of a drug or chemical reaction.

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Example Sentences

Flatley Discovery Lab and Proteostasis Therapeutics, both in Boston, each have a potentiator and a corrector in human trials.

From Nature

So the Vertex team knew that it would need a combination of at least two drugs: a corrector to help stabilize the mutant F508del protein and shepherd it to the cell surface, and a potentiator to help it function once it gets there.

From Nature

Food technologists, who know MSG as a “salivation enhancer” and “flavour potentiator”, are fully aware of its prodigious ability to modulate our perception of otherwise humdrum ingredients.

From The Guardian

The potentiator program is slated to enter its first clinical trial in 2016, while the other Spero drug should be ready for that stage in 2017.

From Forbes

The potentiator is supposed to essentially create an opening in that layer so that an existing antibiotic can slide through and kill the bug.

From Forbes