The Importance of Magnesium in Clinical Healthcare

Table 1

Magnesium physiology [13].

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Magnesium is involved in over 300 enzyme systems necessary for:

(i) Protein synthesis

(ii) Muscle contraction

(iii) Nerve function

(iv) Blood glucose control

(v) Hormone receptor binding

(vi) Blood pressure regulation

(vii) Cardiac excitability

(viii) Transmembrane ion flux

(ix) Gating of calcium channels

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Magnesium is involved in energy production:

(i) Crucial for ATP metabolism (adenylate cyclase)

(ii) Oxidative phosphorylation

(iii) Glycolysis

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Nucleic acid synthesis:

(i) Synthesis of RNA and DNA [6]

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