Solubility and crystallization in biological fluids and the problems of life and health

An analysis is given of several biologically important processes, connected with the crystallization and kinetics of liophilization in aqueous physiological solutions. These are glass formation and vitrification of life, precipitation of slightly soluble salts and kinetics of crystallization in huma...

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Published in:Pure and applied chemistry 2002-10, Vol.74 (10), p.1785-1792
Main Authors: Gutzow, I., Atanassova, S., Neykov, K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biocompatibility
Chemical precipitation
Computational fluid dynamics
Crystallization
Nucleation
Urine
Vitrification
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Summary:An analysis is given of several biologically important processes, connected with the crystallization and kinetics of liophilization in aqueous physiological solutions. These are glass formation and vitrification of life, precipitation of slightly soluble salts and kinetics of crystallization in human urine, and the solution of CaOX concretions under the influence of biocompatible solubilizators, which are normal constituents of human urine. The problems investigated experimentally are treated in the framework of the capillary theory of nucleation and the Debye–Hückel model of ionic solutions.
ISSN:0033-4545
1365-3075
DOI:10.1351/pac200274101785