| Literature DB >> 1531276 |
C H van Aswegen1, J C Dirksen van Sckalckwyk, P J du Toit, L Verster, R C Franz, D J du Plessis.
Abstract
The effect of a promoter (calcium) and an inhibitor (magnesium) of urolithiasis was spectrophotometrically studied on urokinase (0.45 IU) and sialidase (5 mM). Although these mineral did not affect the sialidase activity, total inhibition of urokinase activity was observed with either 0.05 M calcium chloride or 0.1 M magnesium chloride. This observation might explain why calcium and magnesium respectively function as a promoter and an inhibitor of stone formation.Entities:
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Year: 1992 PMID: 1531276 DOI: 10.1007/bf00294333
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Urol Res ISSN: 0300-5623