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chelate

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Not only does it chelate hard water, it effectively turns any oil on your dishes into soap.

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Quick take

(transitive, chemistry) to form a chelate compound by combining a metal atom to form a ring.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of chelate gathered in one view.

verb

(transitive, chemistry) to form a chelate compound by combining a metal atom to form a ring.

verb

(transitive, medicine) to remove heavy metals from the bloodstream using a chelate (such as EDTA).

noun

(chemistry) A chelate compound.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for chelate.

verb

(transitive, chemistry) to form a chelate compound by combining a metal atom to form a ring.

See also: chelated, chelate-compound

verb

(transitive, medicine) to remove heavy metals from the bloodstream using a chelate (such as EDTA).

See also: chelated, chelate-compound

Example sentences

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Not only does it chelate hard water, it effectively turns any oil on your dishes into soap.

2

Magnesium; I assume you mean magnesium amino chelate - I use that too.

3

His theory was that it would chelate the calcium out of your tooth enamel.

4

It will also chelate with tannins (which are in teas, coffee, wine, and chocolate), which also inhibits absorption.

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Incidentally the whey portion of dairy also seems to chelate the form of vitamin B12 found in plants, making it much more bioavailable.

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Gadolinium chelate contrast is supposed to wash out in a few days, though.

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Have you tried Vitamin D and magnesium aminoacid chelate / orotate / citrate.

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Since taurine can be used to chelate lead, I propose everyone drink a lot of Monster.

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Eventually I said screw it and tried a much larger dose, 1 gram per day of magnesium chelate lysinate glycinate.

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I have been super-dosing vit D, K2-MK7 and magnesium chelate to reverse calcification of the arteries.

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Magnesium amino acid chelate is best for most, especially magnesium di-glycinate.

12

It should be a chelate (for example magnesium glycinate), and depending on your diet somewhere around 2000mg/day of that (chelates are only about 8-15% elemental magnesium).

Quote examples

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In addition I take 400 to 600mg of "magnesium lysinate glycinate chelate" per day to help with muscles.

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Regardless, "Magnesium Glycinate Lysinate Chelate" is the keywords I'm looking for when I find a new source.

Proper noun examples

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Magnesium Chelate, is the most bio available.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use chelate in a sentence?

Not only does it chelate hard water, it effectively turns any oil on your dishes into soap.

What does chelate mean?

(transitive, chemistry) to form a chelate compound by combining a metal atom to form a ring.

What part of speech is chelate?

chelate is commonly used as verb, noun, adjective.