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An outstanding feature of life is the capability of living cells to take up substances from the environment and use these materials for the synthesis of their own cellular components or as an energy source. The supply and absorption of chemical compounds needed for growth and metabolism may be defined as nutrition and the chemical compounds required by an organism termed nutrients. The mechanisms by which nutrients are converted to cellular constituents or used for energetic purposes are metabolic processes. The term metabolism encompasses the various reactions occurring in a living cell in order to maintain life and growth. Nutrition and metabolism are thus very closely interrelated.
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Mengel, K., Kirkby, E.A., Kosegarten, H., Appel, T. (2001). Plant Nutrients. In: Mengel, K., Kirkby, E.A., Kosegarten, H., Appel, T. (eds) Principles of Plant Nutrition. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1009-2_1
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