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Oxalate (oxalic acid) is a dietary compound (spinach, rhubarb, nuts, chocolate) and endogenous metabolic end-product that forms insoluble calcium oxalate crystals — the primary component of ~80% of kidney stones. The gut microbiome is the primary route of oxalate degrad…
Oxalate (ethanedioic acid, C2O4^2-) is a small dicarboxylic acid found in many plant foods that has outsized significance for mineral metabolism and kidney health. In the gut, oxalate's fate is determined by a single specialist bacterium -- Oxalobacter formigenes -- who…