Trace mineral

Iron is an essential trace mineral found in hemoglobin, which carries oxygen in the blood, in myoglobin, which stores oxygen in mu...

Zinc is the second most abundant trace mineral in the body after iron. Official recommended intakes vary by age, sex and life stag...

Selenium is an essential trace element incorporated into proteins as selenocysteine, the 21st amino acid, forming selenoproteins s...

Iodine is a trace mineral that is an essential component of the thyroid hormones thyroxine T4 and triiodothyronine T3, which regul...

Copper is an essential trace mineral. Official intake recommendations exist, and an upper intake level has been set because excess...

Manganese is an essential trace mineral stored mainly in bone, liver, pancreas and brain. An official adequate intake has been set...

Chromium is a trace element whose trivalent form, Cr III, occurs in food and has been proposed to enhance insulin action, possibly...

Molybdenum is an essential trace mineral that forms part of the molybdenum cofactor required by four human enzymes: sulfite oxidas...

Boron is a chemical element with atomic number 5, a metalloid that occurs in nature mainly as borate minerals such as borax. It is...

Vanadium is a transition metal with atomic number 23. It was first identified in 1801 by Andres Manuel del Rio and rediscovered in...

Silicon is a chemical element with atomic number 14 and the second most abundant element in the crust of the Earth after oxygen, o...

Fluoride is the ionic form of the element fluorine. It is not considered essential for life, but it is incorporated into the miner...