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Synergism between the brushite and hydroxyapatite urinary crystallization inhibitors

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The aim of this paper is to study possible synergic effects between crystallization-inhibitor molecules of low molecular weight on the hydroxyapatite and brushite crystal nucleation. Kinetic-turbidimetric measurements were performed to follow the nucleation process in synthetic urine at 37 °C. Only pyrophosphate + phytate mixture manifested synergic effects on the brushite nucleation, whereas the mixture pyrophosphate +citrate exhibited synergic effects only on the hydroxyapatite nucleation. It seems clear that synergic effects between the crystallization inhibitory capacity of some substances in urine can take place and as a consequence, the high crystallization inhibitory capacity of healthy urine could be assigned not only to the individualinhibitory capacity of each product but also to the synergic effects between different products.

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Costa-Bauzá, A., Barceló, C., Perelló, J. et al. Synergism between the brushite and hydroxyapatite urinary crystallization inhibitors. Int Urol Nephrol 34, 447–451 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1025671019653

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