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Effect of molybdenum on other trace elements - iodine, manganese and tungsten, arsenic and selenium
Molybdenum is an essential trace element for several enzymes important to animal and plant metabolism: mammalian xanthine oxidase/xanthine dehydrogenase, aldehyde oxidase, sulfite oxidase, formate dehydrogenase, nitrate reductase and nitrogenase.
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Effect of molybdenum on other trace elements - iodine, manganese and tungsten, arsenic and selenium
Effect of molybdenum on other trace elements - iodine
The effect of molybdenum on iodine metabolism in rabbits was to cause a decrease in the initial rate of uptake of iodine by the thyroid [Robinson et al., 1965]. More iodine was retained in the plasma of molybdate-fed rabbits. In connection with iodine metabolism it is of interest that in certain areas where goitre is endemic in human beings it was found that the molybdenum/copper ratio in food was greater than in other areas although there was no relationship between the incidence of goitre and the individual concentrations of molybdenum and copper [Tsvetkova, 1969].
Tsvetkova, I. N., Gig. Sanit., 1969, 34, 92.
Robinson, G. A., Riddell, P. E. and McCarter, A., Can. J. Physiol. Pharmacol., 1965, 43, 723.
Could a molybdenum deficiency lead to a too much important uptake of iodine by the thyroid, and inversely a lack for the rest of the body?