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The chelating ligand used to remove excess of copper and iron in chelate therapy is:

A
D-penicill amine
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oxalate ion
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EDTA
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D
ethylenediamine
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E
dimanyl glyoxime
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Solution

The correct option is A D-penicill amine
Excess of copper and iron are removed by the chelalting ligand D-penicillamine and desferrioxamine-S through the formation of coordination compounds.

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