1. I-Anticoagulant effect: I-EDTA yi-anticoagulant esetyenziselwa ukuthintela igazi ekubambeni. Nangona kunjalo, i-EDTA inokuphazamisa inkqubo yokulinganisa i-glucose, ekhokelela kwiziphumo ezingachanekanga.
2. Ukusetyenziswa kweGlucose: I-EDTA inokubangela ukuba iiseli kwisampulu yegazi ziqhubeke zisebenzisa i-glucose, nasemva kokuba igazi litsaliwe. Oku kunokubangela ukufundwa kwe-glucose ephantsi xa kuthelekiswa nenqanaba le-glucose yangempela emzimbeni.