title: Is aluminum an essential element for life?
abstract: Aluminum is proposed to be an essential element for life based on the idea that the chemical composition of living organisms must reflect to some extent the composition of the environment in which they evolved.
mesh_terms: D000535:Aluminum / Q000032:analysis; D004602:Elements; D012623:Seawater
chemical_list: D004602:Elements; D000535:Aluminum