background: minerals are essential materials in animal reproduction. the determination of these elements is valuable in relation to different conditions in arabian horses. objectives: the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of pregnancy on certain macro and micro minerals in arabian horses. methods: blood samples were collected from one hundred apparently healthy mares from differ...

Trace minerals have long been identified as essential components in the diets of domestic livestock species. Chromium, cobalt, copper, iodine, iron, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, selenium, and zinc are included in the category of essential trace minerals (or microminerals). Trace minerals exist in cells and tissues of the animal body in a variety of chemical combinations, and in characteristic...

A study population consisting of 66 mentally retarded individuals, 60 with and six without pica, was evaluated for iron status, and for plasma and hair zinc, copper, and magnesium levels within a month of known dietary intake. The parameters were all within the normal range for individuals without pica. In contrast, subjects practicing pica had low plasma zinc and elevated plasma copper values ...

Hydrofluorosis is a major public health problem in India, which is aggravated by presence or absence of some minerals in water or food. Fluoride by itself or in combination with other elements like molybdenum (Mo) in diet or water changes excretion/retention of bone minerals. Sorghum and pearl millet grown and consumed in fluorosis endemic areas contained significantly higher amounts of Mo than...

Potato consumption provides significant dietary contributions to several essential minerals, but the effects of cultivar and planting site are not well-understood. The mineral content of 16 cultivars, grown at 5 locations, was measured using inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectroscopy and evaluated on a per serving basis for percent recommended daily intake (% RDI), emphasizing som...

Minerals, like vitamins, are a group of important nutrients. Although they make up only 4 % of body weight they are a part of every tissue, fluid, cell and organ in the human body. There is significant evidence that minerals, by themselves and in proper balance to one another, have important biochemical and nutritional functions (Pike and Brown, 1984). There are twenty minerals that are conside...

Although it has been proposed that trace minerals have anti-oxidative functions and are related to the control of blood pressure, only a limited number of studies directly address the issue. Thus, the purpose of our study was to assess the intake of copper and manganese, which are trace minerals, and to clarify their relation to blood pressure. In a cross-sectional study, the blood pressure of ...

The development of common bean cultivars with high technological quality that are biofortified with minerals, is required to meet the demand for food with health benefits. The objectives of this study were to evaluate whether common bean genotypes differ in terms of technological and mineral biofortification traits, to study the correlations between these characters, to analyze the genetic diss...