Chelating Agents
DBCAT000624Pharmacologic class
Chemicals that bind to and remove ions from solutions. Many chelating agents function through the formation of COORDINATION COMPLEXES with METALS. A DrugBank category of 37 drugs. 23 of them are approved.
- Also known as
- Agents, Chelating · Agents, Metal Chelating · Antagonists, Metal · Chelating Agents, Metal · Chelators
- Drugs
- 1,10-Phenanthroline
- 2,3-Dimercapto-1-propanesulfonic acid
- Acteoside
- Alanosine
- Ammonium tetrathiomolybdate
- Calcium acetate
- Cefiderocol
- Citric acid
- Deferasirox
- Deferiprone
- Deferoxamine
- Dimercaprol
- Dimercaptosuccinic acid
- Dipicolinic acid
- Ditiocarb
- Ditiocarb zinc
- Edetate calcium disodium anhydrous
- Edetate disodium anhydrous
- Edetic acid
- Egtazic acid
- Emeramide
- Gadoteric acid
- Gluconic Acid
- L-tartaric acid
- Nitrilotriacetic acid
What you can answer from here — as of August 12, 2019
Which targets do Chelating Agents share, and which companies have late-stage candidates in this class?
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