Assertion: oxalic acid | /r/CapableOf | bind calcium
Facets:
value: in the food
type: LOCATION
value: calcium from other foods
type: OTHER
value: to form calcium oxalate
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Oxalic acid can bind calcium to form calcium oxalate which is insoluble at physiological pH. Calcium oxalate thus formed might precipitate in the kidney tubules and the brain.
text: Oxalic acid, found in foods like spinach, rhubarb, potatoes, wheat bran, beets, tea and berries, binds to calcium in the food itself and to calcium from other foods co-ingested with them.
text: Oxalic acid forms various salts – known as oxalates – when it binds with minerals such as calcium and magnesium.