In Vitro: Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid has a strong bactericidal effect on the cell wall of P. aeruginosa and a. faecalis. Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (0.005-0.01 M) has good heavy metal extraction in contaminated silty-clay-loam soil columns, can extract Pb, Cd and Zn in a concentration-dependent way with an extraction efficiency sequence of Pb > Cd > Zn. Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (1.2 mM) enhances the activity of the CRE driving promoter by activating T-cell death-associated gene 8 (TDAG8) in HEK293T cells, thereby enhancing the production of cAMP in the cells.
In Vivo: Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (60 mg/kg; Intraperitoneal injection; Three times per week for three weeks) can reduce liver fibrosis, lipid peroxidation and liver inflammation in CCl4 induced liver fibrosis rats, and has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities.