Melamine and analysis of the relationship of infant kidney stones progress.doc

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 16 Melamine and analysis of the relationship of infant kidney stones progress [Keywords:] melamine Progress infant kidney stones First half of 2008, cases of infant kidney stones occur in China, concentrated in certain areas, causing widespread attention at home and abroad [1 ~ 4]. Chinese Ministry of Health announced on September 12, drinking melamine (melamine) contaminated milk powder may be is the cause of infant urinary tract stones reasons. Meanwhile, the country began a large scale in order to focus on infants and young children stones urinary system disease screening activities. Finally, there are nearly 294 000 infants were diagnosed with kidney stones , of which 51 900 children hospitalized, six children died [5]. Melamine chemical called 2,4,6  three-amino-1,3,5-triazine, molecular formula C3H6N6, is a kind of chemical raw materials, mainly for the production of flame retardant, amino plastics and coatings. Per molecule of melamine with 6 N atoms, the weight of the total molecular weight of 66% .1 L add 1 g of melamine in milk, can make the Kjeldahl method for the determination of protein content increased 0.4 percentage points. at a high temperature, 3.1 g of melamine can be completely dissolved in 100 g water to make the protein content increased by 1.2 percentage points on the surface, in liquid milk, a considerable surface, and the protein content increased by 30% [6]. part of the acquisition of raw milk dairy farmers or commercial use of the above characteristics of melamine, melamine in raw milk so watered by the quality of raw milk can be detected. in milk powder production process, raw milk was condensed into a dry powder, so that the concentration of melamine in milk products increased significantly. 40’s of last century had used melamine as a diuretic research reports, but with other more effective and safer alternative to the emergence of melamine has never been approved for marketing [7]. Previous reports