“…A depressive effect of magnesium on endogenic oxalic acid formation in metabolism has also been discussed [12,33,35], These statements are not undisputed [3,6, 27], In a few cases, increased oxalic acid and calcium excretions after magne sium administration have been described [24,25]. More over, there are suggestions in the literature that magne sium also influences the enteral absorption of calcium ions in the sense of a competitive inhibition [1,16].…”