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**# '''<span style="color:#0000ff">C</span><span style="color:#ff0000">itrate</span>''' | **# '''<span style="color:#0000ff">C</span><span style="color:#ff0000">itrate</span>''' | ||
**#* '''<span style="color:#ff0000">Most important factor</span>''' | **#* '''<span style="color:#ff0000">Most important factor</span>''' | ||
**#* ''' | **#* '''MOA (4):''' | ||
**#*# ''' | **#*# '''Complexes calcium''', thereby lowering urinary saturation of calcium oxalate | ||
**#*# Inhibits spontaneous precipitation of calcium oxalate and agglomeration of calcium oxalate crystals | **#*# Inhibits spontaneous precipitation of calcium oxalate and agglomeration of calcium oxalate crystals | ||
**#*# Inhibits calcium oxalate and calcium phosphate crystal growth, with effect on calcium phosphate crystal growth more pronounced than on calcium oxalate crystal growth | **#*# Inhibits calcium oxalate and calcium phosphate crystal growth, with effect on calcium phosphate crystal growth more pronounced than on calcium oxalate crystal growth | ||