different between edta vs chelate

English

From chela +? -ate.

chelate (comparative more chelate, superlative most chelate)

chelate (plural chelates)

(chemistry) A chelate compound.
- 2012, H. DeWayne Ashmead, Amino Acid Chelation in Human and Animal Nutrition, CRC Press (?ISBN)
  In the early 1960s, a study was conducted in which gestating rats were given diets containing the same mineral content of mineral salts or amino acid chelates.

chelate (third-person singular simple present chelates, present participle chelating, simple past and past participle chelated)

(transitive, chemistry) to form a chelate compound by combining a metal atom to form a ring
(transitive, medicine) to remove heavy metals from the bloodstream using a chelate (such as EDTA)

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