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Organic Chemicals > Carboxylic Acids > Acids, Acyclic > Acetates > Edetic Acid
Lipids > Fatty Acids > Fatty Acids, Volatile > Acetates > Edetic Acid
... > Organic Chemicals > Amines > Polyamines > Diamines > Ethylenediamines > Edetic Acid

Preferred term

Edetic Acid  

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Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Acid, Ethylenediaminetetraacetic
  • Acid, Ethylenedinitrilotetraacetic
  • Edathamil
  • EDTA
  • Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid
  • Ethylenedinitrilotetraacetic Acid
  • N,N'-1,2-Ethanediylbis(N-(carboxymethyl)glycine)

Scope note

  • A chelating agent that sequesters a variety of polyvalent cations such as CALCIUM. It is used in pharmaceutical manufacturing and as a food additive.

History note

  • 92(63)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004492

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