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oxalate
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oxalate [′äk·sə‚lāt]
(organic chemistry)
Salt of oxalic acid; contains the (COO)2radical; examples are sodium oxalate, Na2C2O4, ammonium oxalate, (NH4)2C2O4·H2O, and ethyl oxalate, C2H5(C2O4)C2H5.


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They concluded that riboflavin, cellulose, milk proteins, oxalates, and zinc enhanced copper absorption, whereas phosphorus, niacin, calcium, and pulse protein inhibited the absorption of copper.
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His observations of a relatively high efficiency for the alkali metal oxalates was accounted for by a model where the reactions:
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In theory, if a mineral is chelated (it sits inside an amino acid "claw"), it may be better absorbed because it's protected from things in food (like the phytic acid in grains or the oxalates in spinach) that can bind it.
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