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Oxalate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (174 words) |
 | An oxalate (also ethanedioate) is a salt or ester of oxalic acid. |
| Consumption of oxalates (for example, the grazing of animals on oxalate-containing plants such as greasewood) may result in kidney disease or even death due to oxalate poisoning. |
| sodium oxalate - Na calcium oxalate - CaC |
| Decomposition of Oxalate by Microorganisms (1530 words) |
| Aggregation of calcium salts of oxalate and phosphate may cause formation of mineral deposits in the kidney and urinary tracts and the process of stone formation is known as urolithiasis. |
| Oxalate is detoxified (catabolized) via the action of two enzymatic proteins, formyl coenzyme A transferase (encoded by the frc gene) and oxalyl coenzyme A decarboxylase (encoded by the oxc gene), contained in the cytosol of Oxalobacter formigenes that colonizes the human intestinal tract. |
| Oxalic acid is usually prepared by heating sodium formate with sodium hydroxide to form sodium oxalate, which is converted to calcium oxalate and treated with sulfuric acid to obtain free oxalic acid. |
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