The dietary requirement for an essential trace element is an intake level which meets a
specified criterion for adequacy and thereby minimizes risk of nutrient deficiency or excess …

Trace elements also known as trace minerals, are the chemical components that naturally
occur in soil, plant, and wildlife in minute concentrations. They are necessary for the optimal …

Trace elements are inorganic constituents of the human body present in concentrations less
than 50 mg/kg body weight. An exception is iron that is found in slightly higher amounts, 60 …

Trace elements are minerals present in living tissues in minute quantities. Some of them are
known to be nutritionally essential and the remainder is considered to be nonessential. The …

The Nutrition and Health series of books have, as an overriding mission, to provide health
professionals with texts that are considered essential because each includes 1) a synthesis …

The term ultratrace elements, often used to indicate elements with an established, estimated
or suspected requirement generally indicated by µg/d, could be applied to at least 20 …

Elements which are detected in small but not precisely known amounts in the living body
were called" trace elements" in the past. Recent advances in analytical technologies, such …

Elements are present in different forms in the nature, and these elements are very essential
for the body to perform different functions. Trace elements are very important for cell …

Trace elements exist in the environment in small amounts but play an essential part in
sustaining various physiological and metabolic processes occurring within living tissues, as …

Reported findings suggest that at least 15 elements could be added to the list of essential
nutrients. Some of these possibly essential elements also are receiving attention because of …