MICROELEMENTS - ZINC, IRON, COPPER AND MAGNESIUM AND THEIR PHYSIOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE FOR THE CHILD'S BODY
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This review article provides current data on the importance of microelements, in particular zinc, iron and copper, for the proper growth and development of the child’s body as a whole. Despite the general interest in the problem of microelementoses, the issue of their content in the human body has not been sufficiently covered. The age-related dynamics of the concentration of some MEs in the central nervous system are associated with the characteristics of metabolic processes characteristic of a certain age period, and, first of all, with changes in the intensity of oxidative processes. Among foreign and domestic scientific publications on the physiological role of essential MEs for the normal functioning of the child’s body, the number of works devoted to the peculiarities of adaptation of newborn children against the background of an imbalance in the content of MEs in both children and their mothers is very limited. Suboptimal supply of ME to the population in various regions and, accordingly, the prevalence of ME deficiency are a very serious factor that negatively affects the health of the population and especially children.
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