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Gallium nitrate
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<p>Gallium nitrate (brand name Ganite) is the <a href="/facts/Gallium/EucevDs9">gallium</a> <a href="/facts/Salt_(chemistry)/lsSKwGpn">salt</a> of <a href="/facts/Nitric_acid/UDbwGp6s">nitric acid</a> with the <a href="/facts/Chemical_formula/hghUtthl">chemical formula</a> Ga(NO3)3. It is a drug used to treat symptomatic <a href="/facts/Hypercalcemia/kdEeLaVd">hypercalcemia</a> secondary to cancer. It works by preventing the breakdown of bone through the inhibition of <a href="/facts/Osteoclast/jHHtEQru">osteoclast</a> activity, thus lowering the amount of free <a href="/facts/Calcium/hf252CC0">calcium</a> in the blood. Gallium nitrate is also used to synthesize other gallium compounds. </p>