[HTML][HTML] Magnesium in disease prevention and overall health

SL Volpe - Advances in nutrition, 2013 - Elsevier
Magnesium is the fourth most abundant mineral and the second most abundant intracellular
divalent cation and has been recognized as a cofactor for> 300 metabolic reactions in the
body. Some of the processes in which magnesium is a cofactor include, but are not limited
to, protein synthesis, cellular energy production and storage, reproduction, DNA and RNA
synthesis, and stabilizing mitochondrial membranes. Magnesium also plays a critical role in
nerve transmission, cardiac excitability, neuromuscular conduction, muscular contraction …