What's the difference between orthorhombic and struvite?
Orthorhombic
Definition:
(a.) Noting the system of crystallization which has three unequal axes at right angles to each other; trimetric. See Crystallization.
Example Sentences:
(1) Based on the refined atomic coordinates of the tRNAphe in the orthorhombic crystal, on the recent advances in the distance dependence of the ring-current magnetic field effects and on the adopted values for the isolated hydrogen-bonded NH resonances, a computed spectrum consisting of 23 protons was constructed.
(2) 261, 16207-16209) that recombinant murine interferon-beta produced in Escherichia coli was crystallized in an orthorhombic space group C222(1) using polyethyleneglycol 8000 as precipitant, the crystals had an insufficient resolution and a marked tendency for orientational disorder around the c axis.
(3) The mutant proteins were screened for their ability to crystallize into the orthorhombic form and bind mercury ions isomorphously.
(4) In the orthorhombic crystal lattice, tRNA(Asp) molecules are associated by anticodon-anticodon interactions through a two-fold symmetry axis.
(5) The melamine forms disordered crystals of orthorhombic symmetry with a = 11.957(3), b = 17.267(3), c = 5.769(3)A.
(6) The crystals have a rhombic prismatic habit and belong to the orthorhombic space group C222(1) with unit cell dimensions a = 130 A, b = 213 A and c = 216 A. X-ray structure determination is underway.
(7) The subcell (HS1) is orthorhombic with as = 10.3, bs = 7.5 and cs = 2.54 A.
(8) N-Z-L-Pro-D-Ala-OMe, C17H22N2O5, Mr = 334.38, crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group P2(1)2(1)2(1), with the cell dimensions a = 5.005 (5), b = 17.690 (9) and c = 18.70 (1) A3, V = 1656.3 A3, Z = 4, Dx = 1.341 g cm-3, Cu K alpha, lambda = 1.54184 A, mu = 7.830 cm-1, F(000) = 712, T = 198 K, final R (on F) = 0.036 for 1575 observed reflections with I greater than or equal to 3 sigma(I).
(9) The crystals are orthorhombic, space group P212121, with a=8.611(2), B=6.138(2), And c=14.912(4) A. Least-squares refinements yielded a conventional R-factor of 0.036.
(10) The atomic coordinates of yeast phenylalanine transfer RNA (tRNA) as well as the torsion angles of the polynucleotide chain are presented as derived from an x-ray diffraction analysis of orthorhombic crystals.
(11) These crystals diffract to 3.4 A and the observed diffraction is consistent with orthorhombic space groups P4(1) and P4(3).
(12) Yeast phenylalanyl transfer RNA crystallizes in a simple orthorhombic unit cell (a = 33.2, b = 56.1, c = 161 A), and the crystal yields an x-ray diffraction pattern with a resolution of 2.3 A.
(13) Concanavalin A, a phytohemagglutinin isolated from the jack bean, crystallizes at pH 6.8 in the orthorhombic space group 1222 with a = 89.9, b = 87.2, and c = 63.1 A.
(14) C20H24O4, Mr = 328.41, orthorhombic, P2(1)2(1)2(1), a = 11.688 (3), b = 15.377 (5), c = 9.466 (2) A, V = 1701 (1) A3, Z = 4, Dx = 1.282 g cm-3, lambda (Mo K alpha) = 0.71073 A, mu = 0.823 cm-1, F(000) = 704, T = 298 K, R = 0.063 for 1921 reflections with F greater than 2 sigma (F).
(15) Above this temperature, this "orthorhombic" phase converts directly to the liquid-crystalline phase.
(16) The crystals exhibit strong F222 pseudo symmetry but belong to the orthorhombic space group C222 or C222(1), with cell parameters a = 73.8 A, b = 119.9 A and c = 133.2 A with two molecules per asymmetric unit.
(17) The crystal form is of the orthorhombic space group P2(1)2(1)2, with unit cell dimensions a = 150 A and b = 129 A.
(18) Crystals of methyl 3-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside (methyl beta-D-laminarabioside) belong to the orthorhombic system, space group P2(1)2(1)2, with a = 14.548(2), b = 24.252(7), c = 4.938(1) A, and Z = 4.
(19) The receptor fragment crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group P2(1)2(1)2(1), a = 105.5 A, b = 224.5 A, c = 363.5 A.
(20) 1-(2,6-Dihydroxy-4-methoxyphenyl)-3-(4-methoxyphenyl)-2-propen-1-o ne, C17H16O5, Mr = 300.31, orthorhombic, Pbca, a = 27.903 (3), b = 13.958 (2), c = 7.662 (1) A, V = 2984 (1) A3, Z = 8, D chi = 1.337 Mg m-3, lambda(Cu K alpha) = 1.5418 A, mu = 0.729 mm-1, F(000) = 1264, T = 295 K, R = 0.040 for 1702 observed reflections.
Struvite
Definition:
(n.) A crystalline mineral found in guano. It is a hydrous phosphate of magnesia and ammonia.
Example Sentences:
(1) X-ray diffraction analysis of the crystals showed a diffraction pattern characteristic of struvite (ammonium magnesium phosphate).
(2) This experimental study has shown that hydroxyurea may be useful in the management of struvite stones and deserves further study.
(3) A case of aggressive struvite stone production caused by Corynebacterium group F1 is reported that responded to the appropriate antibiotic treatment.
(4) A large number of trace elements has been found in calcium stones (whewellite, weddellite, and apatite) and in struvite.
(5) It is therefore likely that the inhibitory activity displayed by sodium citrate might be related to its ability to complex magnesium or to interfere with the crystal structure during struvite formation.
(6) Nitrofurantoin, sulfamethoxazole, and ampicillin also slowed the formation of struvite calculi in infected rats and together with benurestat a potentiation of the inhibition of calculi formation was secured.
(7) Previous to this report D2 organisms have been associated only with alkaline-encrusted cystitis and struvite stones in urology.
(8) We report on a patient operated upon 8 times for recurrent bilateral struvite stones.
(9) Salicyl and gentiso derivatives favour the formation of brushite together with struvite and apatite.
(10) Biochemical stone analyses showed struvite in 9 of the treated stones, and urine cultures verified the presence of urease-producing bacteria in 10 patients.
(11) While most of this inhibition by AHA was due to lowered urease activity, some crystal growth inhibition occurred in struvite produced in the absence of urease activity through NH4OH titration of artificial urine.
(12) Addition of only 0.5 per cent human urine gave a reproducible decrease and when 10 per cent human urine was added to the synthetic urine the precipitation of calcium phosphate was reduced by 50 per cent and that of struvite by 75 per cent.
(13) Under the polarizing microscope the dissolving effect of 5 per cent tetrasodium ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid solution on struvite after 30 minutes of incubation was equivalent to the use of saline for 24 hours.
(14) Urine samples were taken at random and the pH and the presence of struvite crystals in their sediment estimated.
(15) Because CGD2 infection of the urinary tract may require specific antimicrobial treatment and because CGD2 is a fastidious microorganism, we recommend prolonged incubation of urine cultures (up to 48-72 hours), especially if the routine culture is negative, when patients are symptomatic, have alkaline urine, or have struvite crystals in the urine sediment.
(16) The main components were ammonium dihydrogen-urate (70%), carbonate apatite and struvite.
(17) Infrared spectroscopic analysis of 741 canine urinary calculi revealed that struvite stones, 58% of the total, were the ones most commonly to be found.
(18) Men and women with mixed struvite, calcium oxalate stones were hypercalciuric, but women with struvite stones were not.
(19) Urine alkalinization favours the formation of calcium phosphate (CaP) and struvite stones.
(20) Different irrigating solutions are used clinically to dissolve uric acid, cystine and struvite stones.