Answer to Question #4272 in Chemistry for Prem Krishna

Question

explain the types of chemicals in human body?

Answer 1

The human body is consisted of 60% of water, 34% of organic matter, 6% -

from inorganic. The main chemical elements that form the organic

substances are carbon, hydrogen and oxygen; in addition, the composition

of organic substances are nitrogen, phosphorus and sulfur. The

composition of inorganic substances of the human body consists of 22

compulsory chemical elements - calcium, phosphorus, oxygen, sodium,

magnesium, sulfur, boron, chlorine, potassium, vanadium, manganese,

iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, zinc, molybdenum, chromium, silicon,

iodine, fluorine, selenium.

These chemicals are divided into
macronutrients (mass fraction of
element in the body than 2.10%), trace
elements (10-3-10-5%) and
ultramicroelements (below 10-5%)