Chelating agent

Introduction: Chelating agent

Description of Chelating agent

Chelating agent: organic chemicals that form coordination bonds with a central metal ion, used to chemically remove ions from solutions, medicinally against microorganisms, to treat metal poisoning and in chemotherapy protocols.
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Chelating agent: organic chemicals that form coordination bonds with a central metal ion, used to chemically remove ions from solutions, medicinally against microorganisms, to treat metal poisoning and in chemotherapy protocols.
Source: CRISP

Chelating agent: Organic chemicals that form two or more coordination bonds with a central metal ion. Heterocyclic rings are formed with the central metal atom as part of the ring. Some biological systems form metal chelates, e.g., the iron-binding porphyrin group of hemoglobin and the magnesium-binding chlorophyll of plants. (From Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, 12th ed) They are used chemically to remove ions from solutions, medicinally against microorganisms, to treat metal poisoning, and in chemotherapy protocols.
Source: MeSH 2007

Chelating agent: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Chelating agent:

• Agent
• Organic
• Organic disease
• Organic pain
• Form
• Coordination
• Coordination symptoms (2126 causes)
• Metal
• Ion

Terms associated with Chelating agent:

Terms Similar to Chelating agent:

• Chelators
• Complexons

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• Complexons
• Metal Antagonists

Source - MeSH 2007

Related Topics

• Antidotes
• Iron Chelating Agents

Source - MeSH 2007

More specific terms for Chelating agent:

• Iron Chelating Agents

Source - MeSH 2007

• deferoxamine
• diethylenetriaminepentaacetate
• ethylenediaminetetraacetate
• penicillamine
• siderophore

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Broader terms for Chelating agent

• Molecular Mechanisms of Action
• Specialty Uses of Chemicals

Source - MeSH 2007

• drug /agent
• reagent /indicator

Source - CRISP

The term Chelating agent can be used for:

• chelation

Source: CRISP

Other terms that may be related to Chelating agent:

• metal complex

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Chelating agent

The following list attempts to classify Chelating agent into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Chemical Actions and Uses
  • Pharmacologic Actions
    • Molecular Mechanisms of Action
      • Chelating Agents

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Chemical Actions and Uses
  • Specialty Uses of Chemicals
    • Chelating Agents

External links related to: Chelating agent

• eMedicine - Toxicity, Heavy Metals : Article by David J Ferner, MD

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