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trace minerals,

n.pl minerals needed in small amounts for optimal functioning. The list includes boron, calcium, chloride, cobalt, copper, iodine, iron, germanium, lithium, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, rubidium, selenium, strontium, tin, vanadium, and zinc.

mineral

Nutrition A popular term for a nonvitamin nutrient needed to maintain health

Dietary minerals

Major minerals–in bone Calcium, phosphate, magnesium

Major minerals–in electrolytes Sodium, potassium, chloride

Minor minerals–in metalloproteins Iron, copper, manganese, iodine, cobalt, molybdenum, selenium, chromium, fluoride, zinc

Trace minerals Nickel, silicon, vanadium, tin

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