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Chelating Agents

Known as: Agents, Chelating, chelator, Complexons 
A chemical compound that binds tightly to metal ions. In medicine, chelating agents are used to remove toxic metals from the body. They are also… 
National Institutes of Health

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AntidoteChelating ActivityCoordination ComplexesIron Chelating Agents

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CDTACaseinsCuprizoneDeferoxamine

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Indicators and ReagentsMiscellaneous chemical agentPharmaceutical Preparations

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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Synthesis, Reactivity, and Catalytic Behavior of Iron/Zinc-Containing Species Involved in Oxidation of Hydrocarbons under Gif-Type Conditions
The present study explores the nature and reactivity of iron- and zinc-containing species generated in hydrocarbon-oxidizing… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
A new manganese cluster topology capable of yielding high-spinspecies: mixed-valence[Mn7(OH)3Cl3(hmp)9]2+ with S ≥ 10
The reaction between MnCl 2 ·4H 2 O, Hhmp (Hhmp = 2-hydroxymethylpyridine) and NEt 4 MnO 4 in MeCN gives NEt 4… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Synthesis and biodistribution of neutral lipid-soluble Tc-99m complexes that cross the blood-brain barrier.
Three Tc-99m-labeled neutral 1,2-dithia-5,8-diazacyclodecane (BAT) chelates that are capable of crossing the blood-brain barrier… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Encapsulated metal ions
Abstract 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Inhibition of uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase by halogenated biphenyls in chick hepatocyte cultures. Essential role for induction of cytochrome P-448.
Uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase (EC 4.1.1.37) activity was assayed in cultures of chick-embryo hepatocytes by the changes in… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
A specific role for Ca2+ in the oxidation of exogenous NADH by Jerusalem-artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus) mitochondria.
1. The addition of chelators to a suspension of mitochondria in a low-cation medium containing 9-aminoacridine caused a decrease… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Response of phosphopyruvate carboxylase to tryptophan metabolites and metal ions.
Tryptophan, administered to rats, inhibits gluconeogenesis, but increases the activity of hepatic phosphopyruvate carboxylase… 
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
The kinetics and mechanism of iron (3) exchange between chelates and transferrin. II. The presentation and removal with ethylenediaminetetraacetate.
Abstract The rate of exchange of iron from ethylenediaminetetraacetate has been studied. The substance initially formed has a… 
Highly Cited
1959
Highly Cited
1959
ALTERATIONS IN METAL CONTENT OF SPORES OF BACILLUS MEGATERIUM AND THE EFFECT ON SOME SPORE PROPERTIES
The relation of metal ions to bacterial spores has almost invariably been studied from the standpoint of the influence of their… 
Highly Cited
1958
Highly Cited
1958
Artificial cultivation of a red-pigmented marine blue-green alga, Phormidium persicinum.
SUMMARY: Phormidium persicinum requires light intensities < 300 foot-candles and grows at 10°-33°. The medium developed for P…