hydroxyapatite

3 Ca(3)(PO₄)2*Ca(OH)2. A natural mineral structure that the crystal lattice of bone closely resembles; used in chromatography of nucleic acids.

Related

Ca+2 hydroxyapatite deposition disease; calcium hydroxyapatite deposition disease; basic calcium phosphate deposition disease

General

salt mineral

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 24th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1982