Quick Orientation
Section
Definition
- Objective
- Understand the core idea
- Keywords
- Zinc, intracellular, 2 g
Distribution in the Body
- Objective
- Learn the main facts and relationships
- Keywords
- Prostate gland, 100 mg/g
Dietary Requirements and Sources
- Objective
- Learn the main facts and relationships
- Keywords
- 10 to 15 mg/day, 50%, meat, fish, eggs, milk, beans, nuts
Absorption
- Objective
- Learn the main facts and relationships
- Keywords
- duodenum, animal sources, vegetable sources
Serum Zn
- Objective
- Learn the main facts and relationships
- Keywords
- 100 μg/dl, Erythrocytes, 1.5 mg/dl
Clinical Correlation
- Objective
- Connect the mechanism to clinical findings
- Keywords
- carbonic anhydrase, phytate, calcium, copper and iron, small peptides and amino acids