CHEM 181 Lecture Notes - Calcium Citrate, Hydroxylapatite, Yogurt

• School: McGill University
• Department: Chemistry
• Course: CHEM 181
• Professor: Ariel Fenster

Document Summary

In the ocean: 3. 5% salts in atlantic, 3. 8% off galapagos, 32% in dead sea. Ca(hco3)2 calcium bicarbonate caco3 +co2+h2o = limestone. Mineral supplements may have impurities which could be toxic. 730mg per serving of sodium in campbell"s tomato soup. 40% of salt is sodium, 3g of salt is recommended daily intake too much salt = hypertension. Used k+ instead of na+ as an attempt to get salt that doesn"t raise bld pressure. Molybdenum mo6+ ~2mg/d ~ 2000 d/g associated with proteins, enzyme xanthine (removes uric acide) Deficiency = anemia: in medieval times put an iron in wine (acid would dissolve the fe) Hemochromatosis (genetic) body absorbs abnormal amounts of iron: stored in heart, liver, pancreas and joints = hear/liver disease, diabetes and arthritis. Iron best absorbed when taken with vitamind c. Geritol: 3. 3/ml, 50mg/tbsp = 264% daily recommended amount. Proferia: hemoglobin too much porphyrn produced affects the nervous system, reddens the skin and makes you more hairy.