It stimulates the production of calcitonin, the hormone responsible for inhibiting cells (osteoclasts) that breaks bone down and activates alkaline phosphatase, an enzyme that forms
new calcium crystals in bones.
Not exact matches
The
new result comes from an experiment called CRESST II, which uses a few dozen supercooled
calcium tungstate
crystals to hunt for dark matter from deep beneath the Gran Sasso mountain in Italy.
As the
new crystals formed, they consumed the
calcium carbonate within the drop on which they nucleated.