DETERMINATION OF THE SERUM MAGNESIUM AND ITS INTERFERENCES.

The minerals are nutritive substances that are found in the food ration and in the body, in the form of anorganic and organic compounds. Although the mineral substances in the body represent only 4 - 5 % of the body's weight, they are indispensable for the maintaining of the health condition. In the body the mineral substances meet important functions, biochemical and physiological. In the body some minerals are found in larger quantities, bearing the denomination of macro minerals. In this category we can include the mineral substances that include the elements: Calcium, Phosphorus, Sodium, Potassium, Chlorine and Magnesium. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]