Use of
iron chelators in preventing hydroxyl radical damage: Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome as an experimental model for the pathophysiology and treatment of oxygen - radical - mediated tissue damage.
Not exact matches
Phytic acid is a strong
chelator of important minerals such as calcium, magnesium,
iron, and zinc, and can therefore contribute to mineral deficiencies
in people whose diets rely on these foods for their mineral intake, such as those
in developing countries.
An
iron chelator deferoxamine (DFO) enhances accumulation
in CSCs of PpIX from 5 - ALA, which will facilitate the elimination of CSCs for cancer eradication.
A challenge
in developing
iron chelators for use
in human therapy is to reduce
iron accumulation without disrupting
iron - dependent cellular functions.
«The fungi we study use a non-enzymatic, catalytic
chelator - mediated Fenton system instead, a very simple process that makes use of hydrogen peroxide, also generated by the fungal system, and
iron found
in the environment,» Goodell says.
It is an
iron chelator and
in general low
iron levels are helpful.