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MANGANESE is established as an essential constituent of the body. Kinetic studies1 have shown this element to exist predominantly in a labile, easily exchangeable form. Natural organometallic compounds of manganese have not been identified in vertebrates.
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BORG, D., COTZIAS, G. Incorporation of Manganese into Erythrocytes as Evidence for a Manganese Porphyrin in Man. Nature 182, 1677–1678 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/1821677a0
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