"Edetic Acid" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A chelating agent that sequesters a variety of polyvalent cations such as CALCIUM. It is used in pharmaceutical manufacturing and as a food additive.
| Descriptor ID |
D004492
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.092.782.258.368.250 D02.241.081.018.253
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| Concept/Terms |
Edetic Acid- Edetic Acid
- Acid, Edetic
- EDTA
- Ethylenedinitrilotetraacetic Acid
- Acid, Ethylenedinitrilotetraacetic
- N,N'-1,2-Ethanediylbis(N-(carboxymethyl)glycine)
- Edathamil
- Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid
- Acid, Ethylenediaminetetraacetic
Edetic Acid, Disodium Salt- Edetic Acid, Disodium Salt
- Disodium Ethylene Dinitrilotetraacetate
- Dinitrilotetraacetate, Disodium Ethylene
- Ethylene Dinitrilotetraacetate, Disodium
- Disodium EDTA
- EDTA, Disodium
Tetracemate- Tetracemate
- Ethylene Dinitrilotetraacetate
- Dinitrilotetraacetate, Ethylene
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Delineation of a particulate thyrotropin-releasing hormone-degrading enzyme in rat brain by the use of specific inhibitors of prolyl endopeptidase and pyroglutamyl peptide hydrolase. J Neurochem. 1986 Apr; 46(4):1231-9.