The effects of urinary macromolecul e chondroitin sulfate A(C 4 S)and L-glutamic acid(L-Glu)on the crys-tallization of calcium oxalate were studied using Langmuir-Blodgett(LB)film of dipalmitoylphosphatidylch oline(DPPC)as templet.All the calcium oxalate c rystals induced by the LB film of DPPC were calcium oxalate monohydrate(COM).However,the morphology of COM was i nfluenced by the additives of C 4 S and L-Glu.C 4 S induced thin and long hexagonal COM c rystals;L-Glu made one or two (010)crystal face of COM crystals dis-appeared.The crystallization time had no effect on the morphology of COM crystals,but the concentration of C 4 S and L-Glu changed it.As increasing the co ncentration of C 4 S,the amount of COM crystals with a hexagonal prism decreased and that with a thin hexago nal slice increased.When the concen tration of C 4 S was 0.50mg ·mL -1 ,all the calcium oxalate crystals were th in hexagonal slice COM crystals.How ever,as the concentration of L-Glu in-creased from 0.01to 0.50mmol·L -1 ,the hexagonal prism-like COM crystals gradually transformed to COM crystals with one or two (010)crystal face disappearance.
