NDLI: Zinc Kinetics in Humans

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Zinc Kinetics in Humans

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Author	Wastney, M. E. Subramanian, K. N. Siva
Copyright Year	2020
Description	Zinc is required for the activity of over 100 enzymes that are involved in the metabolism of proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids (11). Zinc also has a structural role in several proteins that regulate gene expression (42). Symptoms of zinc deficiency include stunted growth, poor immune function, and skin lesions, all of which are corrected by zinc administration (33). Zinc status is difficult to assess (40); most zinc is located in slowly turning over tissues [60% is in muscle and 30% is in bone, (38)], and zinc in blood, representing less than 1% of body zinc, changes in response to factors unrelated to zinc intake (e.g., infection) although zinc in some blood components [red blood cell metallothionein (19, 39)] changes with intake. Response to zinc treatment is considered the only reliable method of confirming zinc deficiency (3). Book Name: Kinetic Models of Trace Element and Mineral Metabolism during Development
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Ending Page	64
Page Count	12
Starting Page	53
DOI	10.1201/9780367811716-7
Language	English
Publisher	Informa UK Limited
Publisher Date	2020-01-29
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Book Name: Kinetic Models of Trace Element and Mineral Metabolism during Development Nutrition and Dietetics Gene Expression Metallothionein
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Chapter

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