[Chelating agents].
The problem of chelating agents used as antidotes in intoxications with metals is intensively studied during the past 20 years. Due to the complex nature of the action of these substances in the organism their investigation is a typically interdisciplinary problem. The submitted review gives the theoretical background of the formation of chelate in the organism, the strategy of research of new substances is discussed and findings on the main groups of chelating agents used in human medicine are summarized.
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Centrum hygieny práce a nemocí z povolání, Institutu hygieny a epidemiologie, Praha.
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D000818:Animals; D002614:Chelating Agents; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D006801:Humans; D011041:Poisoning / Q000628:therapy
D002614:Chelating Agents
Chelátotvorné látky.