Protein and calcium: antagonists or synergists

© 2002 American Society for Clinical Nutrition One might have thought that nutritional science would have figured out decades ago most of wh...

Boron

Boron is a chemical element with symbol B and atomic number 5. Because boron is produced entirely by cosmic ray spallation and not by stella...

Zinc

Zinc, in commerce also spelter, is a metallic chemical element; it has the symbol Zn and atomic number 30. It is the first element of group ...

Vanadium

Vanadium is a chemical element with the symbol V and atomic number 23. Other Names: Metavanadate, Métavanadate, Orthovanadate, Pentoxyde de ...

Selenium

Selenium is a chemical element with symbol Se and atomic number 34. It rarely occurs in its elemental state in nature, or as pure ore compou...

Molybdenum

Scientific/medical name(s): Mo, sodium molybdate, ammonium molybdate. Molybdenum is a Group 6 chemical element with the symbol Mo and atomic...

Manganese

Manganese is a chemical element, designated by the symbol Mn. It has the atomic number 25. It is not found as a free element in nature, it i...

Lithium

General Informations Lithium is a chemical element with symbol Li and atomic number 3. It is a soft, silver-white metal belonging to the alk...

Iron

Iron plays an important role in biology, forming complexes with molecular oxygen in hemoglobin and myoglobin; these two compounds are common...

Iodine

Iodine is a chemical element with symbol I and atomic number 53. Iodine and its compounds are primarily used in nutrition, and industrially ...

Fluoride

Fluoride, the 13th most abundant element on the earth's crust, is a chemical ion of the element fluorine - fluoride has one extra electr...