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  • adjective Having the ability to undergo chelation

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Examples

  • There are so-called chelating agents available to promote the elimination of certain radioactive particles.

    Amid Nuclear Fears, Some Facts Jonathan D. Rockoff 2011

  • I also started her on DMSA (a chelating agent) to help bind the mercury from her tissues and cells and help her excrete it.

    Mark Hyman, MD: Is There a Cure for Autoimmune Disease? MD Mark Hyman 2010

  • Determination and metabolism of dithiol chelating agents.

    Succimer 2010

  • "It is well-documented that glyphosate promotes soil pathogens and is already implicated with the increase of more than 40 plant diseases; it dismantles plant defenses by chelating vital nutrients; and it reduces the bioavailability of nutrients in feed, which in turn can cause animal disorders," he wrote.

    Roundup: Birth Defects Caused By World's Top-Selling Weedkiller, Scientists Say 2011

  • The selectivity, efficacy and safety characteristics of succimer offer many advantages over currently available agents. 1 As an oral agent, it offers ease of administration and offers physicians the option of treating children as outpatients. 2,3 The specificity of succimer substantially reduces the risk of essential mineral depletion associated with conventional chelating agents.

    Succimer 2010

  • I also started her on DMSA (a chelating agent) to help bind the mercury from her tissues and cells and help her excrete it.

    Mark Hyman, MD: Is There a Cure for Autoimmune Disease? MD Mark Hyman 2010

  • I also started her on DMSA (a chelating agent) to help bind the mercury from her tissues and cells and help her excrete it.

    Mark Hyman, MD: Is There a Cure for Autoimmune Disease? MD Mark Hyman 2010

  • In addition to a diagnostic blood level concentration determined prior to therapy initiation, patients should be monitored for rebound in blood lead concentrations after therapy, because, as with all chelating agents, elevated blood lead concentrations and associated symptoms may return rapidly after discontinuation of succimer due to redistribution of lead from bone stores to soft tissues.

    Succimer 2010

  • I also started her on DMSA (a chelating agent) to help bind the mercury from her tissues and cells and help her excrete it.

    Mark Hyman, MD: Is There a Cure for Autoimmune Disease? MD Mark Hyman 2010

  • Succimer is a heavy metal chelating agent that, in vitro, forms stable water soluble complexes with lead4 and consequently increases the urinary excretion of lead. 2-9 Succimer has also been found to chelate other toxic heavy metals such as arsenic10 and mercury. 11

    Succimer 2010

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