title: Mineral interactions relevant to nutrient requirements.
abstract: The negative interaction of metal ions is one of the major dietary factors that causes low bioavailability of these nutrients. Interactions of nutritional significance include sodium-potassium, calcium-magnesium, manganese-iron, iron-copper, and zinc-copper. These interactions reach potential importance when the first metal of each pair listed above is in excess and the other is at the lower limit of requirement. The trace element interaction of highest practical significance in human nutrition is the negative effect of excess zinc on copper bioavailability.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia 65211.
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: O'Dell
mesh_terms: D001682:Biological Availability; D004347:Drug Interactions; D005260:Female; D005526:Food, Formulated / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D014131:Trace Elements / Q000592:standards*
chemical_list: D014131:Trace Elements