Publication: Trace elements found in various food stuffs, their clinical significance, deficiencies and importance in maintaining the health
Date
2000
Authors
Article Type
Review Article
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
ISSN (Print) : 1993-2979 | ISSN (Online) : 1993-2987
Volume Title
Publisher
Institute of Medicine
Abstract
Abstract
For the maintenance of normal health, our diet requires adequate protein, energy substrates, vitamins and various inorganic salts and trace elements. None of the trace elements is required more than a milligram per day whereas the daily requirement for some is measurable in microgram. The WHO expert committee on trace elements in human nutrition (1973) has recognized 14 trace elements as essential for animal life: iron, iodine, fluorine, zinc, copper, cobalt, chromium, manganese, molybdenum, colenium, nickel, tin, silicon and vanadium.
Keywords: Trace elements, nutrition
Description
Keywords
Trace elements, nutrition
Identifier
https://doi.org/10.59779/jiomnepal.114