Medicinski vjesnik, Vol. 42 No. (3-4), 2010.
Original scientific paper
Precipitation in model systems with chemical composition mimicking urine
Maja Dutour Sikirić
Vesna Babić-Ivančić
Milenko Marković
Abstract
Urinary stone formation can be simplified to precipitation of its principle components from complex solution. This approach enables elucidation of urinary stone formation mechanisms by applying physico-chemical principles of nucleation and crystal growth in investigating model systems of urinary stones formation. In this paper an overview of investigation ot precipitation in simple and complex model systems containing calcium phosphates, calcium oxalates, urates or their mixtures conducted in our group in past forty years has been given, as well as preliminary results ot investigations of calcium oxalate precipitation in artificial urine.
Keywords
Calcium phosphates - chemistry, urine; calcium oxalate - chemistry, urine; Uric acid - chemistry, urine; urinary calculi - chemistry; Physicochemical processes; Chemical precipitation
Hrčak ID:
191891
URI
Publication date:
1.12.2010.
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