To determine copper absorption from copper containing foods labelled either intrinsically or extrinsically with a highly enriched Cu-65 stable isotope label. Subjects were recruited locally via ...

Humans, animals and plants require copper to live, and scientists have now discovered how cells absorb this mineral that fuels the brain, heart and other vital organs. Knowing how copper enters cells ...

THIS chapter begins by discussing the basis of the essentiality of copper. The kinetics of copper in the body and select roles of copper at the cellular and molecular level are described. In addition, ...

Iron is the workhorse of trace minerals. Life cannot be sustained without it. In novel research, investigators have learned that iron is only one half of an all-important duo of trace minerals -- the ...