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Urinary pH, melamine, and kidney stone formation.

Somsri Wiwanitkit1, Viroj Wiwanitkit.   

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Year:  2012        PMID: 23248531      PMCID: PMC3519116          DOI: 10.4103/0974-7796.102678

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Urol Ann        ISSN: 0974-7796


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Sir, A recent publication on urinary pH, melamine, and kidney stone formation is very interesting.[1] Lu et al. reported “an association of gender and urinary pH with melamine-associated kidney stone formation risk”.[1] This can be useful epidemiological information. However, some facts of medical biochemistry should be discussed. The reported pH in this publication is not clear. Only a value of < and ≥6.5 can be read. Indeed, the correlation can be directly assessed by the correlation study between the exact urine pH value and solubility. Based on chemical structure, melamine is a base and increases solubility in acidic conditions (very good if pH is lower than 4).[2] However, it is a fact that the range of human urine pH is not wide (4.5–8); hence, the solubility of melamine might be affected slightly.
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1.  Gender and urinary pH affect melamine-associated kidney stone formation risk.

Authors:  Xiuli Lu; Jing Wang; Xiangyu Cao; Mingxin Li; Chunling Xiao; Takahiro Yasui; Bing Gao
Journal:  Urol Ann       Date:  2011-05
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