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MeSH Heading: Chelating Agents
Tree Number(s): D27.505.519.914.500; D27.720.832.500
Unique ID: D002614
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002614
Scope Note: Chemicals that bind to and remove ions from solutions. Many chelating agents function through the formation of COORDINATION COMPLEXES with METALS.
Entry Term(s): Chelating Agent; Chelator; Chelators; Complexons; Metal Antagonists; Metal Chelating Agents
NLM Classification #: QV 290
See Also: Antidotes; Iron Chelating Agents
Public MeSH Note: HEAVY METAL DETOXICANTS was heading 1963-65
History Note: HEAVY METAL DETOXICANTS was heading 1963-65
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

analysis (AN)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

history (HI)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

Concept UI: M0004002
Scope Note: Chemicals that bind to and remove ions from solutions. Many chelating agents function through the formation of COORDINATION COMPLEXES with METALS.
Terms: Chelating Agents Preferred Term
Term UI T007604
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Chelator
Term UI T000996553
Date11/15/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Chelating Agent
Term UI T000996514
Date11/15/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Chelators
Term UI T007606
Date05/02/1995
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1996); Complexons
Term UI T007605
Date03/29/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX)

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