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The adult human body contains between 0.8 and 3.0 g zinc distributed in all tissues [1]. Next to calcium and magnesium, zinc is the most concentrated intracellular divalent cation [10]. In normal human blood 75–88% of the total zinc is contained in the erythrocytes, 12–22% in plasma and approximately 3% in the leucocytes [13]. In plasma zinc appears loosely bound to albumin and more firmly bound to an α2-globulin [5]. In erythrocytes almost all of the zinc is associated with carbonic anhydrase [2].
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Hetland, Ø., Brubak, E.A., Refsum, H.E., Strømme, S.B. (1975). Serum and Erythrocyte Zinc Concentrations After Prolonged Heavy Exercise. In: Howald, H., Poortmans, J.R. (eds) Metabolic Adaptation to Prolonged Physical Exercise. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-5523-5_43
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