Magnesium

Stella Lucia Volpe

doi:10.1002/9781119946045.ch30

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Magnesium

Stella Lucia Volpe

Present Knowledge in Nutrition, pp 459-474

20 Jul 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119946045.ch30

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kidney, organs regulating magnesium homeostasis

magnesium and insulin resistance, its mechanism, unclear

magnesium deficiency, CVD, metabolic syndrome, and type 2 diabetes

magnesium transport in cells, and carrier‐mediated transport

magnesium, intracellular divalent cation and intracellular cation

magnesium, required mineral and cofactor for metabolic reactions

magnesium, “nature's physiological calcium channel blocker”

serum magnesium, plasma ionized magnesium, in Mg assessment

skeletal magnesium exchangeable, for normal extracellular levels

This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Magnesium Concentration in the Body Summary Chemistry and Functions Absorption and Homeostasis Magnesium Requirements Food Sources of Magnesium Effects of Deficiency Magnesium Deficiency Magnesium Supplementation Effects of Magnesium Excess Methods for Assessing Magnesium Status in Individuals

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Title: Magnesium
Creators: Stella Lucia Volpe - Drexel University
Contributors: John W Erdman (Editor) - Urbana, Illinois, USA
Ian A Macdonald (Editor) - Nottingham, England
Steven H Zeisel (Editor) - UNC Nutrition Research Institute, Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 500 Laureate Way, Rm 2218, Kannapolis, NC 28081, USA
Publication Details: Present Knowledge in Nutrition, pp 459-474
Publisher: Wiley‐Blackwell; Oxford, UK
Number of pages: 16
Resource Type: Book chapter
Language: English
Academic Unit: Nutrition Sciences
Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84880676269
Other Identifier: 991019173685104721

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