Químico Farmaceutico

http://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/nutrition/factsheets/minerals.html

|Minerals |
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|What is a Mineral?|
|Minerals are inorganic elements which are utilized as structural components of tissue and cellular compounds, as catalysts for|
|enzyme activity, and to maintain normal osmotic and electrochemical gradients that support neuromuscular activity and cell |
|membrane transport activity. Mineral elements may be required in smallamounts (milligrams) or in trace amounts (micrograms). |
|Minerals: Key characteristics |
|1. Inorganic elements not produced endogenously |
|2. Needs satisfied by intakes of small or trace amounts|
|3. Distributed in the food supply in small amounts in limited numbers of foods |
|4. Obtained from industrial contaminants of air and water as well as from foods |
|5. Inadequate intake, increased demand, impaired absorption, or increased urinary lossesare common causes of deficiencies. |
|Types of minerals |
|Mineral Fact Sheets |
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|Calcium [PDF] |
|Chlorine [PDF] |
|Chromium [PDF]|
|Copper [PDF] |
|Fluorine [PDF] |
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|Iodine [PDF] |
|Iron [PDF] |
|Magnesium [PDF]|
|Manganese [PDF] |
|Molybdenum [PDF] |
| ||Phosphorus [PDF] |
|Selenium [PDF] |
|Sodium [PDF] |
|Zinc [PDF]...