0 a chemical compound in which a substance is joined to a metal atom by two or more bonds (= attachments): --
magnesium chelate
Many medications are known to chelate, or bind, zinc preventing the element from functioning properly.
Chelates are dissolved organic substances that bind to metals and prevent them from forming larger molecules through oxidation.
The animals absorb, digest and use mineral chelates better than inorganic minerals.
During this period, synthetic chelates were also being developed.
Metal chelates increase the contrast signal between normal and diseased tissues by changing the nuclear relaxation times of water molecules in their proximities.
Ovalbumin chelates to heavy metals and traps the metal ions within the sulfhydryl bonds of the protein.
Chelates are not without side effects and can also remove beneficial metals from the body.
Thus, metal chelates are relevant to the mobilization of metals in the soil, the uptake and the accumulation of metals into plants and microorganisms.
