Sentences with phrase «calcium as a buffer»

This phenomenon is related to the use of calcium as a buffer when proteins or their amino acids are primarily acidic.

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Calcium and magnesium caprylates act as buffers, and may also help slow the dispersion and release of caprylic acid to support its activity throughout the gastrointestinal tract.

As a result, a slightly lower physiological pH must be corrected and buffers like calcium are used to attenuate these adverse acid effects — to the disadvantage of the host.»

Get adequate minerals to serve as electrolytes and buffering agents, including potassium, sodium, magnesium, calcium.

It can't be predicted what mechanism is preferred by the body individually, at any given moment in time; instead of using alkalizing minerals, it can, say, retain more of highly alkaline ammonia, from breaking down proteins, as acid buffer, which could give to your sweat characteristic pungent smell; or it can use ammonia only after it runs out of alkalizing minerals, like calcium; note that buildup of ammonia can also result from liver or renal dysfunction.

These include UV - bulbs, T - 5 bulbs, halide bulbs, phosphate removers, nitrate reducers, Kalkwasser beads, marine salt, buffers for pH and KH, chemicals for test kits and test kits in general, reef - safe ich medications, Aiptasia killers, red slime removers, phyto - foods for corals, zoo - foods for corals, live bacteria for starting new tanks, reef additives (such as calcium, magnesium, iodine, etc.), live sand and live feeder items (fish, shrimp, copepods and macro-algae).