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Magnesium Supplementation and Bone

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Magnesium in Human Health and Disease

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Magnesium is the second most abundant intracellular cation in the body. Of the total body magnesium, about 50–60 % is found in the bones where it accounts for about 1 % of bone ash. Within the bone, magnesium forms a surface constituent of the hydroxyapatite mineral component. It functions as a readily accessible magnesium reservoir. One third of it is easily exchangeable with serum for maintaining a normal extracellular magnesium concentration. The remainder is complexed with crystalline structure of bone mineral within the hydroxyapatite lattice [1, 2].

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    Hasan Aydın M.D. (Assistant Professor of Medicine)

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Aydın, H. (2013). Magnesium Supplementation and Bone. In: Watson, R., Preedy, V., Zibadi, S. (eds) Magnesium in Human Health and Disease. Nutrition and Health. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-62703-044-1_10

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