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TRACE MINERALS [16 records]

Record 1 2024-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nutritive Elements (Biological Sciences)
  • Dietetics
CONT

The body requires a number of minerals in order to maintain its proper functioning. The minerals are used for a variety of physiological processes such as building blood and bone, making hormones, regulating heartbeat, and more. There are two types of minerals. Macrominerals are needed in large amounts. Trace minerals are needed in very small amounts. The macrominerals are calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, sodium, potassium, chloride, and sulfur. The trace minerals are iron, manganese, copper, iodine, zinc, cobalt, fluoride, and selenium.

OBS

... microminerals are needed in amounts lower than 100 mg [milligrams]/day ...

Key term(s)
  • micro-mineral
  • micro mineral

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments nutritifs (Sciences biologiques)
  • Diététique

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nutritive Elements (Biological Sciences)
  • Dietetics
CONT

The body requires a number of minerals in order to maintain its proper functioning. The minerals are used for a variety of physiological processes such as building blood and bone, making hormones, regulating heartbeat, and more. There are two types of minerals. Macrominerals are needed in large amounts. Trace minerals are needed in very small amounts. The macrominerals are calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, sodium, potassium, chloride, and sulfur. The trace minerals are iron, manganese, copper, iodine, zinc, cobalt, fluoride, and selenium.

OBS

Macrominerals are typically needed at levels higher than 100 mg [milligrams]/day ...

Key term(s)
  • macro-mineral
  • macro mineral

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments nutritifs (Sciences biologiques)
  • Diététique

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-05-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Analytical Chemistry
DEF

A component present at very low levels.

CONT

Nickel occurs in nature as a trace constituent in a wide variety of minerals, particularly those containing large amounts of iron and magnesium, such as olivine and pyroxenes...

OBS

trace constituent; trace component: terms and definition standardized by ISO in 2014.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Chimie analytique
DEF

Constituant présent à de très faibles niveaux de concentration.

CONT

L’ozone est un constituant trace important de l’atmosphère.

OBS

constituant en traces : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO en 2014.

Spanish

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Record 4 2016-04-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dietetics
  • Hygiene and Health
  • Biological Sciences
DEF

The lack of vitamins, minerals and/or trace elements required in small amounts which are essential for the proper functioning, growth and metabolism of a living organism.

Key term(s)
  • micro-nutrient deficiency

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diététique
  • Hygiène et santé
  • Sciences biologiques
DEF

Présence insuffisante des vitamines, minéraux et/ou oligoéléments qui sont indispensables en petites quantités au bon fonctionnement, à la croissance et au métabolisme d’un organisme vivant.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Dietética
  • Higiene y Salud
  • Ciencias biológicas
DEF

Falta de vitaminas, minerales y/u oligoelementos necesarios en pequeñas cantidades que son esenciales para el buen funcionamiento, crecimiento y metabolismo de un organismo vivo.

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Record 5 2012-05-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

An area or zone characterized by particular physiochemical conditions that influence the production and accumulation of sediment and usually distinguished by a characteristic element, minerals assemblage, or ratio of trace elements.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie

Spanish

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Record 6 2011-08-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dietetics
DEF

Micronutrients essential to man supplied mainly by whole cereals.

OBS

Depending on the body requirements, minerals break up into trace elements and macroelements.

Key term(s)
  • mineral

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diététique
DEF

Type de micro-nutriment indispensable à l'Homme, fourni principalement par les céréales complètes.

OBS

Les minéraux se classent suivant l'importance des besoins en oligo-éléments et en macro-éléments.

Key term(s)
  • minéral

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Dietética
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Record 7 2010-09-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Feed (Agric.)
  • Grain Growing
DEF

... a feed that is a mixture of ingredients that supply calcium, phosphorus, salt(NaCl), trace minerals and vitamins and may supply protein, fat, carbohydrates, medicating ingredients or amino-acids...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Alimentation des animaux (Agric.)
  • Culture des céréales
DEF

[...] aliment qui est un mélange de produits fournissant du calcium, du phosphore, du sel (NaCl), des oligoéléments et des vitamines et pouvant fournir de la protéine, des matières grasses, des hydrates de carbone, des substances médicatrices ou des amino-acides [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Alimentación animal (Agricultura)
  • Cultivo de cereales
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Record 8 2006-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nutritive Elements (Biological Sciences)
  • Dietetics
DEF

Those mineral salts present in the body, and required in the diet, in small amounts(parts per million) : copper, chromium, iodine, manganese, molybdenum, selenium; although required in larger amounts, zinc and iron are sometimes included with the trace minerals.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments nutritifs (Sciences biologiques)
  • Diététique
OBS

Éléments minéraux, parfois [le terme] est étendu aux vitamines qui sont considérées comme des oligo-éléments organiques.

OBS

oligoéléments : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

OBS

oligo-minéraux; oligo-éléments : Bull. c. sur la nutrition, 1967, vol. 6, n° 1, p. VIII.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos nutritivos (Ciencias biológicas)
  • Dietética
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Record 9 2006-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nutritive Elements (Biological Sciences)
  • Animal Feed (Agric.)
CONT

McClain and Gatlin ... conducted two experiments to determine the zinc requirements of fingerling blue tilapia. Based on scale and bone zinc concentrations, 20 ppm zinc in the diet was the requirement to prevent zinc deficiency. Additional research is needed to expand our understanding of the trace mineral nutrition of cultured fish.

OBS

There are seven trace minerals that have been shown to be needed in supplementing animal diets. They are iron, copper, zinc, manganese, cobalt, iodine and selenium. They are needed in very small amounts, or traces, in the diet, and hence their name "trace minerals. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments nutritifs (Sciences biologiques)
  • Alimentation des animaux (Agric.)
CONT

Le manganèse est un élément minéral mineur, élément de transition, qualifié en nutrition d'oligoélément minéral de par son importance quantitative faible bien que vitale pour l'organisme.

OBS

oligoélément : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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Record 10 2005-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geochemistry
CONT

Sulphide ores commonly include a complex assemblage of minor and trace minerals such as bornite, sulphosalts, arsenopyrite, tellurides, and other high-sulphidation minerals...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géochimie
CONT

Les minerais sulfurés comprennent souvent une association complexe de minéraux mineurs et de minéraux en traces tels que la bornite, les sulfosels, l'arsénopyrite, les tellurures et d'autres minéraux à fort degré de sulfuration [...]

Spanish

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Record 11 2005-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geochemistry
CONT

Sulphide ores commonly include a complex assemblage of minor and trace minerals such as bornite, sulphosalts, arsenopyrite, tellurides, and other high-sulphidation minerals...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géochimie
CONT

Les minerais sulfurés comprennent souvent une association complexe de minéraux mineurs et de minéraux en traces tels que la bornite, les sulfosels, l'arsénopyrite, les tellurures et d'autres minéraux à fort degré de sulfuration [...]

Spanish

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Record 12 2005-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Diseases
DEF

Lack of the necessary substances for the functioning of an organism ...

CONT

Trace elements are chemical elements normally present in very small amounts in living organisms. Excess amounts of such elements(e. g., copper, zinc, mangenese, selenium, and iron) may cause a nutrient imbalance in livestock feed and reduce the absorption of other minerals.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des plantes
CONT

Les éléments traces sont des éléments chimiques normalement présents en infimes quantités dans les organismes vivants. Des quantités excessives de ce genre d'éléments (p. ex., cuivre, zinc, manganèse, sélénium et fer) peuvent causer un déséquilibre nutritif dans les aliments des animaux et réduire la capacité de ces derniers à assimiler d'autres minéraux.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades de las plantas
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Record 13 2004-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Feed (Agric.)
  • Soil Improvement and Fertilizer Management
CONT

Crab Meal is made up of crushed and dried crab shells, made into a fine powder. It has dual agricultural purposes. It is used as a free choice feed supplement for laying hens and can also be used for long term release of calcium into the soil. The shells are crushed to a size appropriate for poultry consumption and spread easily in the garden where they slowly break down over the years to release their trace minerals.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Alimentation des animaux (Agric.)
  • Fumure et amélioration du sol
CONT

Farine de crabe [...] constitué de déchets de crabes non décomposés, séchés et moulus, y compris la carapace, les viscères et une partie ou la totalité de la chair.

CONT

Récemment, un essai d'alimentation de six mois a été réalisé avec le saumon atlantique dans le cadre duquel la farine de poisson a été remplacée par de la farine de crabe de grande qualité.

Spanish

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Record 14 - external organization data 2003-11-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atomic Physics
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
CONT

Most minerals and materials contain small or trace amounts of naturally occurring radioactive substances.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique atomique
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
CONT

La plupart des minerais et des matières contiennent de faibles quantités ou des quantités à l'état de trace de substances radioactives naturelles.

OBS

À strictement parler, «matière radioactive» [en anglais : radioactive material] et «substance radioactive» [en anglais : radioactive substance] ne sont pas de parfaits synonymes. On constate, cependant, qu'ils sont très souvent employés indifféremment, l'un pour l'autre, dans l'usage.

Spanish

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Record 15 2001-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Grain Growing
  • Animal Feed (Agric.)
DEF

Micro-premix refers to a mixture of ingredients that supplies only trace minerals, vitamins, medicating ingredients, amino acids or any other material that is used in minute quantities for feeding livestock and may contain a carrier.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des céréales
  • Alimentation des animaux (Agric.)
DEF

Le micro-prémélange est un mélange de produits ne fournissant que des oligo-éléments, des vitamines, des substances médicatrices, des acides aminés ou d'autres substances utilisées en quantités infimes pour l'alimentation des bestiaux et pouvant contenir un support approprié.

Spanish

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Record 16 - external organization data 1994-11-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atomic Physics
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
CONT

Most minerals and materials contain small or trace amounts of naturally-occurring radioactive substances.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique atomique
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
CONT

La plupart des minerais et des matières contiennent de faibles quantités ou des quantités à l'état de trace de substances radioactives naturelles.

Spanish

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