CHELATING AGENTS
Across
- 1. It was used as an antidote by Britishers to arsenical war gas lewisite during World War 2.
- 3. It is used in acute iron poisoning and transfusion siderosis.
- 5. They are also called as heavy metal antagonists.
- 7. It is source of deferoxamine.
- 10. It is usually dispensed in peanut oil.
- 11. It has protective effects against toxic actions of mercury and arsenic in animal models.
Down
- 2. It is used in lead poisoning.
- 4. It's d-isomer is used therapeutically for Wilson's disease.
- 6. It is a potent chelator of calcium.
- 7. It has a power to decrease blood lead concentration in treatment of children.
- 8. A complex formed between a metal and a compound that contains two or more potential ligands.
- 9. It is used in treatment of contamination with radioactive cesium and thallium.