Physiological perspectives of copper.
Living organisms are composed of only 30 elements, nine of which are required in traces (1:20,000), hence called "Trace elements". The family of trace elements comprises of selenium, chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt, copper, zinc, molybdenum and iodine. Each element has specific associations referred as metalloenzymes.
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