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. 1982 Apr;21(4):668-9.
doi: 10.1128/AAC.21.4.668.

Gentamicin does not chelate calcium

S J Kohlhepp, S B Plant, D A McCarron, D N Gilbert

Gentamicin does not chelate calcium

S J Kohlhepp et al. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1982 Apr.

Abstract

The influence of increasing gentamicin concentrations on ionized calcium concentration was determined in pH-controlled, phosphate-buffered saline and normal human serum with an ion-specific calcium electrode. No evidence of calcium chelation was found.

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