BIOCHEMICALLY IMPORTANT MINERAL ELEMENTS 



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Element 

 Potassium 



Calcium 



Table 8-2 



Some specific organic compounds of mineral elements 

 known to exist in plant or animal materials 



Compound name and formula 



Acid salt of tartaric KHC4H4OU 



acid 



Salts of citric acid K.HCbH.Ot 



Salts of malic acid KHCJH4O5 



Acid salt of tartaric Ca(HC4H40o)2 



acid 



Salts of phytic acid C6Ha(CaP04)a 



Magnesium 



Iron 



Sulfur 



Phosphorus 



Chlorine 



Iodine 



Copper 



Cobalt 

 Zinc 



Calcium caseinate Not known 



Salts of phytic acid CflH6(MgP04)6 



Chlorophyll 



Hemin 



Ferratin 



Cystine 



Glutathione 



Insulin 



C55H72N4Mg05 



C34H3.N4Fe04Cl 



Not known 



C6H12N2S.O4 



CioHirNsSOe 



(C45H69NuS0l4)n 



Thiamine chloride C12H17N4SCI 



Allyl isothiocyanate 

 Allyl sulfide 



C3ILNCS 



(CsIDsS 



Lecithins 



Cephalins 

 Nucleic acids 



e.g., C44H88NPO9 



e.g., 

 e.g., 



Phosphoproteins 

 Hexosemonophos- 



phate 

 Hexosediphosphate 

 Phytic acid 



Creatine phosphate 

 Cliloromycetin 



Thyroxine 



Hemocyanins 



Vitamin B12 

 Carbonic anhydrase 



C41H80NPO8 



(_/2[>xl45a\ EPU26 



Not known 



CeHn05(H2P04) 



CcH4„04(H.oP04)2 



C«Hc(H2P04)« 



C4H10N3PO5 

 CnHisOoNsCU 



Ci6HnL04N 



Not known 



C61-«4ll86-92N 14O13PCO 



Not known 



Contained in 

 Grapes, cucumbers 



Fruits, vegetables 

 Fi-uits, vegetables 

 Grapes 



Bran of wheat, rye, 



etc. 

 Milk 

 Bran of wheat, rye, 



etc. 

 Green plants 

 Hemoglobin of blood 

 A protein of spleen 



and intestinal wall 

 Proteins 

 Animal tissues 

 A hormone, secreted 



by Isles of Langer- 



hans 

 Yeast, pork muscle, 



etc. 

 Mustard, onions 

 Garlic, radishes, cab- 

 bage, turnips, etc. 

 Egg yolk, brain, 



nerves, etc. 

 Blood 

 Nuclear tissue, e.g., 



thymus 

 Egg yolk, milk 



Yeast, muscle 



Yeast 



Bran of wheat, rye, 

 etc. 



Muscle 



Streptomyces Vene- 

 zuela 



A hormone secreted 

 by thyroid gland 



Respiratoiy protein in 

 lower animals {e.g., 

 lobster) 



Animal tissues 



Red blood cells 



