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

What you can answer from here — as of August 12, 2019

37DrugsEach linked to its full drug card
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103Drug targetsEvery drug–target pair in the class, with bond type
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2,267Marketed productsAcross the regions we cover, with dosage forms and routes
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21Routes of administrationHow the drugs in this class are given
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