Role of Magnesium in the Growth of Calcium Oxalate Monohydrate and Calcium Oxalate Dihydrate Crystals

1987 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshitsugu Oka ◽  
Toshiaki Yoshioka ◽  
Takuo Koide ◽  
Minato Takaha ◽  
Takao Sonoda
1991 ◽  
Vol 61 ◽  
pp. 123-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.Callejas Fernández ◽  
F.J. de las Nieves ◽  
R.Martínez García ◽  
R. Hidalgo-Alvarez

Author(s):  
Mary Alice Webb ◽  
Howard J. Arnott

Calcium oxalate occurs in two forms, monohydrate (whewellite) and dihydrate (weddelite). Both forms occur intracellularly in plants, typically within vacuoles. In particular plant species a given tissue usually has crystals with specific and characteristic morphology. The occurrence of calcium oxalate monohydrate and dihydrate together in the same cell is thought to be extremely rare and has been reported only in Allium and Begonia. In vitro the dihydrate is unstable under certain conditions and may dissolve and reprecipitate as the monohydrate. In this paper we report observations of crystals isolated from grape (Vitis vinifera) endosperm. Using optical methods both calcium oxalate monohydrate and dihydrate, as well as dihydratemonohydrate associations, have been identified.


1985 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 625-628 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. A. Thrall ◽  
S. M. Dial ◽  
D. R. Winder

Urine sediments of dogs with experimentally induced ethylene glycol poisoning were examined by light microscopy and X-ray diffraction. Massive calcium oxalate crystalluria was observed in all poisoned dogs. By light microscopy, the frequency with which six-sided hippurate-like prisms and envelope forms of calcium oxalate dihydrate occurred was approximately equal. The hippurate-like crystals were shown to be calcium oxalate monohydrate by X-ray diffractometry.


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