Calcium phosphate
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Calcium phosphate is the name given to a family of minerals containing calcium ions (Ca2+) together with orthophosphates (PO43-), metaphosphates or pyrophosphates (P2O74-) and occasionally hydrogen or hydroxide ions. Seventy percent of bone is made up of hydroxylapatite, a calcium phosphate mineral.
Uses
Calcium phosphate is also a raising agent, with E number E341. It is also used in cheese products.
It is also used as a nutritional supplement. There is some debate about the different bioavailabilities of the different calcium salts.
It is used in a variety of dental products for remineralization.
Another practical application of the compound is its use in gene transfection of cells.[1] It is not too well understood, but the calcium phosphate precipitate and DNA form a complex that is thought to help the DNA enter the cell, so that new protein can be expressed.
Calcium phosphate compounds
- Calcium dihydrogen phosphate, E341(i): Ca(H2PO4)2
- Calcium hydrogen phosphate, E341(ii): CaHPO4
- Tricalcium phosphate (or tricalcic phosphate), E341(iii): Ca3(PO4)2
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