1. Anticoagulant effect: EDTA ndi anticoagulant yomwe imagwiritsidwa ntchito kuti magazi asatseke. Komabe, EDTA imatha kusokoneza njira yoyezera shuga, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti pakhale zotsatira zolakwika.
2. Kumwa shuga: EDTA imatha kupangitsa kuti maselo a m'magazi apitirize kudya shuga, ngakhale magazi atatengedwa. Izi zitha kupangitsa kuti glucose awerenge pang'ono poyerekeza ndi mulingo weniweni wa glucose m'thupi.