Synergistic effect of nitrilotriacetate on iron mobilization by
desferrioxamine in vivo
S Pollack and S Ruocco
Removal of iron from biologically important ligands by desferrioxamine
(DF), in vitro, is exceedingly slow because of a kinetic barrier. This
kinetic barrier can be overcome by a variety of a small molecular weight
anions, of which nitrilotriacetate (NTA) is a prototype. We explored the
effect of NTA on DF iron mobilization in vivo. Iron mobilization was
increased and the effect was synergistic.
Volume 57,
Issue 6,
pp. 1117-1118,
06/01/1981
Copyright © 1981 by The American Society of Hematology