any substance used to bring about sequestration, often by chelation. They are used in horticulture to counteract lime in the soil
sequestrant in American English
(sɪˈkwɛstrənt)
noun
Chemistry
an agent producing sequestration
Examples of 'sequestrant' in a sentence
sequestrant
The inducing activity of bile was diminished by treatment with bile acid sequestrant cholestyramine.
Kazuyoshi Gotoh, Toshio Kodama, Hirotaka Hiyoshi, Kaori Izutsu, Kwon-Sam Park, RikardDryselius, Yukihiro Akeda, Takeshi Honda, Tetsuya Iida 2010, 'Bile acid-induced virulence gene expression of Vibrio parahaemolyticus reveals a noveltherapeutic potential for bile acid sequestrants.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2954181?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The functionalized oligomer product was then used as a soluble sequestrant for transition metals.
Dalila Chouikhi, Ihor Kulai, David E. Bergbreiter, Mohammed Al-Hashimi, Hassan S.Bazzi 2018, 'Functionalized Polyisobutylene and Liquid/Liquid Separations as a Method for ScavengingTransition Metals from Homogeneously Catalyzed Reactions', Applied Scienceshttp://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/9/1/120. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
On day five of hospitalization, a bile acid sequestrant, cholestyramine, was administered orally.
Michael J. Murray, Stori C. Oates, Kelly A. Rankin, Raphael M. Kudela, Karen A. Alroy,Melissa A. Miller 2013, 'Treatment of Cyanobacterial (Microcystin) Toxicosis Using Oral Cholestyramine: CaseReport of a Dog from Montana', Toxinshttp://www.mdpi.com/2072-6651/5/6/1051. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We hypothesized that sequestrant-induced changes in hepatic glucose metabolism would underlie reduced plasma glucose levels.
Maxi Meissner, Hilde Herrema, Theo H van Dijk, Albert Gerding, Rick Havinga, TheoBoer, Michael Müller, Dirk-Jan Reijngoud, Albert K Groen, Folkert Kuipers 2011, 'Bile acid sequestration reduces plasma glucose levels in db/db mice by increasingits metabolic clearance rate.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3210115?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The physical properties of the aerogel are suitable for interfacing with an intelligent protease sequestrant wound dressing.
J. Vincent Edwards, Krystal R. Fontenot, Nicolette T. Prevost, Nicole Pircher, FalkLiebner, Brian D. Condon 2016, 'Preparation, Characterization and Activity of a Peptide-Cellulosic Aerogel ProteaseSensor from Cotton', Sensorshttp://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/16/11/1789. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)