The effect of inositol-hexakisphosphate (phytate) on urinary risk factors for calcium oxalate urolithiasis in South African population groups with different kidney stone risk profiles : theoretical modelling, in vitro crystallisation experiments and in vivo human studies

The principal aims of this thesis were to establish whether soluble calcium-phytate complexes inhibit calcium oxalate crystallisation and whether a higher dietary intake of phytate in South African black subjects compared to white subjects may contribute to the relative rarity of urolithiasis in thi...

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Main Author: Fakier, Saajidah
Other Authors: Rodgers, Allen
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19975