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Chelation meaning
The formation of a polydentate chelate compound from a metal salt. | The use of this process to remove metal ions from solution, especially to counter poisoning by heavy metals.
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This therapy uses something called chelation agents, which help remove the mercury from your organs.
And they won't be able to afford the chelation therapy once medicare, medicaid and ACA are eliminated.
One consequence of the lower reactivity of complexed metals compared to the same concentration of free metal is that the chelation tends to stabilize metals in the aqueous solution instead of in solids.
The chelation prevents accumulation of radioactive samarium in the body that would result in excessive irradiation and generation of new cancer cells.
The salt is effectively removed by chelation with tetraethylethylene diamine (TEEDA) resulting in an enantiomeric excess of 92%.
This binds copper ( chelation ) and leads to excretion of copper in the urine.
Toxicity studies in rodents, however show that chelation of gadolinium (which also improves its solubility) decreases its toxicity with regard to the free ion by at least a factor of 100 (i.