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  • ...agents are generally classified based upon the target heavy metal – iron, copper, mercury and lead being the major targets.  Some chelating agents have a h ...ich are highly specific for iron and have little or no effect on levels of copper, lead, calcium, magnesium or phosphate.  Deferasirox and deferiprone can b
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  • Trientine is an oral copper chelating agent used to treat Wilson disease.  ...complex with the four nitrogens in a plantar ring.  Trientine complexed to copper is excreted in the urine. 
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  • Penicillamine is chelating agent used to decrease copper stores in Wilson disease, which also has immunomodulatory activity in rheum ...eiving penicillin. It was later found to have chelating properties against copper and used in Wilson disease. Penicillamine was also found to lower levels of
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  • ...inistered heavy metal chelating agent that is used to treat arsenic, gold, copper and mercury poisoning.  ...containing metabolic enzymes.  Dimercaprol binds [[mercury]], [[lead]], [[copper]], [[gold]] and [[arsenic]], and its major current indications are for pois
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  • ...ble iron chelating agent that binds iron with a high affinity and zinc and copper to a lesser extent.  In clinical trials in patients with transfusion relat {{chelators}}
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  • ...red iron chelating agent that binds iron with a high affinity and zinc and copper to a lesser extent.  In clinical trials in patients with transfusion relat {{chelators}}
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  • ...nd is used therapeutically in higher doses because of its ability to block copper absorption as maintenance therapy of Wilson disease.  ...absorption of copper and iron, and supplementation above the RDA can cause copper deficiency. 
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  • ...c. Succimer does not significantly chelate essential metals such as zinc, copper or iron, and its specificity, safety and oral availability make it preferab {{chelators}}
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  • * Nutritional deficiencies (copper, vitamin B6) * Drugs (anti-tuberculous agents, [[antibiotics]], [[progesterone]], [[chelators]], [[busulfan]])
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  • * Deferasirox also binds zinc and copper, but to a far lower extent than iron. {{chelators}}
    10 KB (1,509 words) - 17:07, 22 September 2021
  • * '''arsenic chelators''' ** [[copper chelators]] (for wilson disease)
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  • ...d promotes metastasis, tumor cell migration and invasiveness. In addition, copper depletion also attenuates the activation of host cells within the tumor mic ...eroxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) in endothelial cells, thereby depleting SOD1 of copper and inhibiting its activity. Inhibition of SOD1 interferes with the activat
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  • * [[Chelators]] * [[Copper IUDs]]
    359 KB (24,824 words) - 02:50, 29 August 2022