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Zinc’s role in metabolism has been studied at many different levels, from its crucial presence at the active site of various enzymes to its more dubious efficacy in the treatment of various diseases. Somewhere between is its physiological role in normal growth. Cell biologists have established that zinc is essential for cell replication. In every animal species so far studied, growth failure is one of the earliest signs of experimental zinc deficiency. Paediatricians recognize failure to thrive as a major sign of zinc deficiency, inherited or dietary.
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Golden, B.E. (1989). Zinc in Cell Division and Tissue Growth: Physiological Aspects. In: Mills, C.F. (eds) Zinc in Human Biology. ILSI Human Nutrition Reviews. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3879-2_8
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