Ethylenediamine Dihydriodide

Ethylenediamine Dihydriodide (EDDI) is a water-soluble salt derived from ethylenediamine and hydroiodic acid. It is a colorless to light yellow crystalline powder. The salt consists of the ethylenediammonium dication C₂H₄(NH₃)₂²⁺ and iodide anions.

Contents

• Uses
• Benefits
• Cautions
• Interactions
• Other names
• References

Uses

•  EDDI is used as an additive in pet food and cattle feed with high bioavailability.

Benefits

•  Used to prevent iodine deficiency, as this salt is one of the major uses of the element iodine.

Cautions

• Although EDDI is generally recognized as safe (GRAS) only as a nutrient source of iodine, administration of EDDI also has preventative effects on foot rot in cattle.

Interactions

• Not known.

Other names

• Ethylenediammonium diiodide, Jodethamine, Hydrodine

References

Source: Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethylenediamine_dihydroiodide

Pubchem, https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/5700-49-2#section=Top