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Citrate and urease-induced crystallization in synthetic and human urine
Y H Wang1, L Grenabo, H Hedelin
1Department of Urology, Sahlgrenska sjukhuset, University of Göteborg, Sweden.
Urological Research
|March 1, 1993
Abstract:
The effects of citrate on the different phases of urease-induced crystallization were studied using Coulter counter techniques and optical microscopy. Citrate increased urine pH and markedly delayed the initiation of the crystallization (nucleation) in both human and synthetic urine. In synthetic urine, particle aggregation and especially particle growth were delayed and inhibited by citrate. In human urine, aggregation was distinctly inhibited by citrate. It appears that the susceptibility of urine to form crystals in the presence of urease activity is influenced by its citrate concentration.