Trace Elements

Cards (36)

  • Trace elements
    • Metals
    • Halogens
    • Fluoride
    • Iodine
  • Essential trace elements are important for the maintenance of normal health, and tissue and organ functions
  • Trace elements have specific in vivo metabolic functions that cannot be effectively performed by other similar elements
  • Concentration in tissue: <1 µg/g of wet tissue and <0.01% of dry body weight
  • Chromium
    Enhances insulin action: for glucose and lipid metabolism
  • Chromium toxicity
    • Skin ulcers
    • Renal and Hepatic necrosis
  • Cobalt
    • Hgb synthesis
    • Component of vit. B12
  • Copper
    • Cellular respiration
    • Collagen synthesis
  • Copper deficiency
    • Menkes' kinky hair syndrome
    • Muscle weakness
  • Copper toxicity
    Interferes with absorption of iron and zinc
  • Fluoride
    Prevents dental caries
  • Fluoride deficiency

    Dental caries
  • Iodine
    Thyroid hormone synthesis
  • Iodine toxicity

    Thyrotoxicosis
  • Iron deficiency
    Anemia
  • Iron toxicity
    Hemachromatosis
  • Selenium
    Prevents oxidative damage of lipids
  • Selenium deficiency
    Keshan disease
  • Zinc
    • Enzyme cofactor
    • Protein synthesis
  • Zinc deficiency in adults
    Facial seborrhea
  • Zinc toxicityin infants

    • Seizures
    • Irritability
    • Anemia
  • Chromium Deficiency
    Insulin resistance
    • Impaired glucose tolerance (type 2 DM)
    Hyperlipidemia
  • Cobalt deficiency
    • Anemia
    • Growth depression
  • Cobalt toxicity

    Heart failure
    Hypothyroidism
  • Iodine deficiency

    Goiter
    Cretinism
    Myxedema
  • Iron
    Oxygen transport
    • Component of hgb
  • Manganese deficiency

    skeletal defects
  • manganese toxicity

    parkinson's disease, psychiatric disorder
  • Manganese
    bone and connective tissue functions
  • molybdenum
    DNA metabolism
  • Molybdenum deficiency

    • growth depression
    cretinism
    goiter
  • molybdenum toxicity
    anemia
    thyrotoxicosis
  • selenium toxicity
    liver failure
    hair and nail loss
  • Zinc deficiency
    Acrodermatitis
    Enterophatica
    Growth retardation
    Infertility
    Immune deficiency
    Delayed wound healing
    Osteoporosis
  • Zinc toxicity in infants
    Irritability
    Seizure
    Anemia
  • Zinc toxicity in adults
    facial seborrhea