In-vitrocrystallization of spherulites of monosodium urate monohydrate

✍ Scribed by S. Narayana Kalkura; E. K. Girija; M. Kanakavel; P. Ramasamy

• Book ID: 104629634
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1995
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 481 KB
• Volume: 6
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0957-4530
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00121281

✦ Synopsis

Spherulitic and an aggregate of bow shaped crystals of monosodium urate monohydrate which had a close resemblance to that of those crystals found in gouty synovial fluids and articular cartilage have been grown using tetramethoxysilane and silica gel. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and infrared (IR) and X-ray diffraction were used to analyse the grown samples. Crystals were obtained for a wide range of pH (3-10), without using any biological component at room temperature and were found to be monohydrate form of monosodium urate.