Urine crystals can occur for a variety of reasons, many harmless. Here are the different types and how they’re treated. ... Hippuric acid crystals are often found clustered together.

Hippuric acid, or N-benzoylglycine, is an amino acid derivative found in the urine of herbivorous animals. The name is derived from Greek hippos (horse) and ouron (urine). In 1829, ... White crystals ...

IN 1947 Consden, Gordon and Martin1 published the design of an apparatus for the removal of salts from solutions of amino-acids and peptides by electrolysis. Since that time this method has been ...