Magnesium phosphate
Appearance
Magnesium phosphate is a general term for salts of magnesium and phosphate appearing in three forms:
- Magnesium phosphate (Mg(H2PO4)2)
- Dimagnesium phosphate (MgHPO4)
- Magnesium phosphate tribasic (Mg3(PO4)2)
- Amorphous magnesium phosphate[1]
Various forms have been used as laxatives and antacids.
Safety
Magnesium phosphate dibasic and tribasic are listed on the FDA's Generally recognized as safe, or GRAS, list of substances.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Babaie, Elham; Lin, Boren; Goel, Vijay K; Bhaduri, Sarit B (2016). "Evaluation of amorphous magnesium phosphate (AMP) based non-exothermic orthopedic cements". Biomedical Materials. 11 (5): 055010. doi:10.1088/1748-6041/11/5/055010. PMID 27716636.
- ^ "Database of Select Committee on GRAS Substances (SCOGS) Reviews". Archived from the original on May 21, 2007. Retrieved 2008-03-22.
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External links
- Magnesium+phosphate at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
- B05XA10 (WHO)