CHELATING AGENTS

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