Minerals: Sources, Functions & Deficiency diseases

MACROELEMENTS  (Required more than 100 mg/ day) Mineral Daily requirements Source Functions Deficiency Calcium 1200 mg Milk, dairy foods, cereals (Ragi), meat, vegetables, fruits (Sitaphals) Component of bones and teeth. Helps in blood clotting Muscle contraction Conduction of nerve impulses etc. Acts as cofactor of Myosin ATPase. Defective bones and teeth Tetany and rickets Loss of muscle coordination Phosphorous 1200 mg Milk, dairy foods, Cereals, eggs, fish, meat etc. Formation of bones and teeth Component of nucleic...

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COAGULATION FACTORS AND RELATED SUBSTANCES

Number and/or name Function Associated genetic disorders I (Fibrinogen) Forms clot (fibrin) Congenital afibrinogenemia, Familial renal amyloidosis II (Prothrombin) Its active form (IIa) activates I, V, VII, VIII, XI, XIII, protein C, platelets Hypoprothrombinemia, Thrombophilia III Tissue factor Co-factor of VIIa (formerly known as factor III) IV Calcium Required for coagulation factors to bind to phospholipid (formerly known as factor IV) V (Proaccelerin, labile factor) Co-factor of X with...

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