"Chelating Agents" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Chemicals that bind to and remove ions from solutions. Many chelating agents function through the formation of COORDINATION COMPLEXES with METALS.
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D002614
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D27.505.519.914.500 D27.720.832.500
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Chelating Agents" by people in Profiles.
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Use of Phosphorus Binders among Non-Dialysis Chronic Kidney Disease Patients and Mortality Outcomes. Am J Nephrol. 2017; 45(5):431-441.
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Metal complexes of cyclen and cyclam derivatives useful for medical applications: a discussion based on thermodynamic stability constants and structural data. Dalton Trans. 2007 Jul 14; (26):2734-45.
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Substrate specificity of a hypothalamic neurosecretory granule enzyme capable of processing pro-gonadotropin releasing hormone precursor protein. Peptides. 1987 Jan-Feb; 8(1):21-4.