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sequestrant

sequestrant noun: any compound that promotes sequestration by forming chelate compounds with metal ions; especially when used as food additives in order to prevent metal catalyzed oxidation.

Noun

sequestrant (plural sequestrants)

  1. any compound that promotes sequestration by forming chelate compounds with metal ions; especially when used as food additives in order to prevent metal catalyzed oxidation

Forms of sequestrant

pluralsequestrants

Questions about sequestrant

What does sequestrant mean?
Sequestrant means any compound that promotes sequestration by forming chelate compounds with metal ions; especially when used as food additives in order to prevent metal catalyzed oxidation.
What part of speech is sequestrant?
Sequestrant is a noun.
What is the plural of sequestrant?
The plural of sequestrant is sequestrants.

Words near sequestrant in the dictionary

  1. sequestosome
  2. sequestosomes
  3. sequestra
  4. sequestrable
  5. sequestral
  6. sequestrant
  7. sequestrants
  8. sequestrate
  9. sequestrated
  10. sequestrates
  11. sequestrating

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