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The Role Of Minerals In Human Nutrition (view source)
Revision as of 03:18, 3 April 2021
, 03:18, 3 April 2021→A List of Major and Trace Minerals
The following thirteen minerals are found in appreciable quantities within the body and are listed in the order of their total percentages of the body’s composition:
The following thirteen minerals are found in appreciable quantities within the body and are listed in the order of their total percentages of the body’s composition:
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{| class="wikitable"
|Mineral Percentage of total body weight
|Mineral
|Percentage of total body weight
|-
|-
|Calcium 2.00%
|Calcium
|2.00%
|-
|-
|Phosphorus 1.00%
|Phosphorus
|1.00%
|-
|-
|Potassium 0.40%
|Potassium
|0.40%
|-
|-
|Sulfur 0.25%
|Sulfur
|0.25%
|-
|-
|Chlorine 0.25%
|Chlorine
|0.25%
|-
|-
|Sodium 0.25%
|Sodium
|0.25%
|-
|-
|Fluorine 0.20%
|Fluorine
|0.20%
|-
|-
|Magnesium 0.05%
|Magnesium
|0.05%
|-
|-
|Iron 0.008%
|Iron
|0.008%
|-
|-
|Manganese 0.003%
|Manganese
|0.003%
|-
|-
|Silicon 0.002%
|Silicon
|0.002%
|-
|-
|Copper 0.00015%
|Copper
|0.00015%
|-
|-
|Iodine 0.00004%
|Iodine
|0.00004%
|}
|}
The other following minerals are sometimes referred to as “trace minerals” because of the minute amounts present in the body:
The other following minerals are sometimes referred to as “trace minerals” because of the minute amounts present in the body:
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{| class="wikitable"
|Trace Minerals
|+Trace Minerals
|-
|-
|Zinc Titanium Argon
|Zinc
|Titanium
|Argon
|-
|-
|Cobalt Tin Beryllium
|Cobalt
|Tin
|Berylium
|-
|-
|Molybdenum Silver Boron
|Molybdenum
|Silver
|Boron
|-
|-
|Aluminium Rubidium Cerium
|Aluminium
|Rubidium
|Cerium
|-
|-
|Chromium Nickel Helium
|Chromium
|Nickel
|Helium
|-
|-
|Lead Mercury Lanthanum
|Lead
|Mercury
|Lanthanum
|-
|-
|Neodymium Neon Scandium
|Neodymium
|Neon
|Scandium
|-
|-
|Selenium Strontium Vanadium
|Selenium
|Strontium
|Vanadium
|}
|}