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calcium oxalate

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noun

  1. a white, crystalline powder, CaC 2 O 4 , insoluble in water, used in making oxalic acid.


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"We believe that the calcium oxalate crystals are a mechanism of detoxification of the plant against the metal," she adds.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 18, 2024

Chewing a portion of its stem can render someone temporarily but painfully speechless, as the calcium oxalate crystals in it can cause throat and mouth swelling.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2023

In their recent research, summarized in Nature Reviews Urology, the researchers primarily used GeoBioCell to study growing calcium oxalate crystals, which account for about 70 percent of kidney stones.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 1, 2021

I identify the markers of specific natural products: Tartaric acid is a fingerprint compound for grapes in the Middle East, for example, while calcium oxalate points to the presence of barley beer.

From Slate ● Jan. 3, 2015

The needle-shaped crystals in all the plants selected for study were composed of calcium oxalate.

From Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 by Anonymous

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