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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A chemical that promotes sequestration.
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- noun chemistry any
compound that promotessequestration by formingchelate compounds withmetal ions; especially when used asfood additives in order to prevent metalcatalyzed oxidation
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Examples
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(NYSE: VRX - News) announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Valeant International ( Barbados) SRL, has received notice that the New Drug Submission for colesevelam hydrochloride (colesevelam), an oral bile acid sequestrant for hypercholesterolemia, has been approved by the Canadian regulatory authority Health Canada.
unknown title 2011
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Colesevelam is a specifically engineered, orally administered, bile-acid sequestrant with proven efficacy in reducing LDL-C lipoproteins and an enhanced drug-interaction and tolerability profile comparable to placebo.
unknown title 2011
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This product, designed to be steamed in the microwave, contains only potatoes, salt and a sequestrant (a needed additive that's generally recognized as safe to keep the potatoes from discoloring).
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Since expression of Gβγ sequestrant inhibited both Akt HM (S473) and A-loop (T308) phosphorylation, we suggest that Gβγ dimers from G
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This is billed as a 'meat glue' product, but is actually nothing more than sodium alginate, a calcium source, and a sequestrant agent to prevent the 2 from reacting until hydrated.
chadzilla 2008
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