1) Chelating agent
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It is on the World Health Organization`s List of Essential Medicines, a list of the most important medication needed in a basic health system. ==Medical uses== Deferoxamine is used to treat acute iron poisoning, especially in small children. This agent is also frequently used to treat hemochromatosis, a disease of iron accumulation that can be ei....
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An iron-chelating agent that removes iron from tumors by inhibiting DNA synthesis and causing cancer cell death. It is used in conjunction with other anticancer agents in pediatric neuroblastoma therapy.
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<chemical> Natural product isolated from streptomyces pilosus. It forms iron complexes and is used as a chelating agent, particularly in the form of its mesylate. Because of its ability to form nonabsorbable and rapidly excretable complexes with iron, it is effective in the treatment of conditions associated with excessive iron storage and ir...
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(de″fәr-oks´ә-mēn) an iron-chelating agent isolated from Streptomyces pilosus, used as an antidote in iron poisoning.
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