calcium oxalate

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calcium oxalate

[′kal·se·əm ′äk·sə‚lāt]

(inorganic chemistry)

CaC₂O₄·H₂O A salt of oxalic acid in the form of white crystals that are insoluble in water.

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High prevalence of nephrolithiasis in males may also be due to hormonal factors, because androgens appear to increase urinary oxalate excretion and kidney calcium oxalate deposition.6 In the present study most of the patients having stones were obese or overweight (70.91%).

SHORT COMMUNICATION - Analysis of chemical composition of urinary calculi from Northern border area of Saudi Arabia

High levels of calcium in the blood can predispose a cat to form calcium oxalate crystals.

A Crystal Ball in Your Cat's Urine: Urinary crystals mean watch for urinary stones

Screening plate showing large transparent area formed after dissolution of calcium oxalate.

Production of Oxalate Oxidase from Endophytic Ochrobactrum intermedium CL6

Cromack K Jr, Sollins P, Graustein WC, Speidel K, Todd AW, Spycher G, Li CY, Todd RL (1979) Calcium oxalate accumulation and soil weathering in mats of the hypogeous fungus Hysterangium crassum.

Calcium oxalate in soils, its origins and fate - a review

Secreted products of macrophages exposed to calcium oxalate crystals induce epithelial mesenchymal transition of renal tubular cells via RhoA-dependent TGF-[beta]1 pathway.

Long non-coding RNA CHCHD4P4 promotes epithelial-mesenchymal transition and inhibits cell proliferation in calcium oxalate-induced kidney damage

Dietary calcium helps limit your body's absorption of oxalate, and low dietary calcium has been found to increase the risk of calcium oxalate stones.

Keep Kidney Stones from Rolling Again: The right diet and lifestyle can help prevent a return of painful stones and potentially avert kidney damage

On the other hand, these drugs may induce the formation of calculi through its metabolic action by interfering with calcium oxalate or purine metabolisms [38].

Kidney Stone Disease: An Update on Current Concepts

Pure stones Partial Substances detected (n) Agreement (n) agreement (n) Calcium oxalate monohydrate (47) 44 3 Calcium oxalate dihydrate (1) 1 0 Carboapatite (1) 1 0 Anhydrous uric acid (4) 4 0 Brushite (2) 2 0 Ammonium urate (1) 1 0 Cystine (10) 10 0 Proteins (5) 5 0 Total (71) 68 (95.7%) 3 (4.3%) Disagreement Substances detected (n) (n) Calcium oxalate monohydrate (47) 0 Calcium oxalate dihydrate (1) 0 Carboapatite (1) 0 Anhydrous uric acid (4) 0 Brushite (2) 0 Ammonium urate (1) 0 Cystine (10) 0 Proteins (5) 0 Total (71) 0 (0.0%) Table 3: Composition and agreement in pure stone with substances in trace group.

Improvement of Urinary Stones Analysis Combining Morphological Analysis and Infrared Spectroscopy

Calcium oxalate crystals have previously been reported in the diagnosis of an Aspergillus spp.

Aspergillus Section Nigri-Associated Calcium Oxalate Crystals in an Eurasian Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo)

Stone size limits the use of Hounsfield units for prediction of calcium oxalate stone composition.

The Role of Computed Tomography Findings in Prediction of Stone Composition / Bilgisayarli Tomografi Bulgularinin Tas Kompozisyonunu Ongormedeki Rolu

(11,12) It has been suggested that the proximal tubule phenotype may contribute to the deposition of calcium oxalate crystals that are characteristic of ACD-RCC.

Acquired Cystic Disease-Associated Renal Cell Carcinoma: Review of Pathogenesis, Morphology, Ancillary Tests, and Clinical Features