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Molybdenum Storage and Distribution in the Body

  • Primary Storage Site: The liver stores the highest concentration of molybdenum in the human body.
  • Secondary Storage Site: The kidneys also contain significant amounts of molybdenum, acting as a major pathway for its filtration and excretion, but the total content is lower than that found in the liver.
  • Other Tissues: Smaller amounts are also stored in the glands, lungs, and spleen.

Physiological Role

  • Enzyme Cofactor: Molybdenum functions primarily as an essential trace element required as a co-factor for key enzymes involved in the breakdown of amino acids and the detoxification of sulfur and purines.
  • Homeostasis: The body tightly regulates molybdenum levels, with the liver and kidneys playing the most critical roles in its management, utilization, and elimination.
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Molybdenum - connections

Molybdenum ->

-> Molybdenum

  • Vanadium - Associates With
  • Ankylosing spondylitis - Associates With (Level: excessively low)
  • Sulfur - Competes With (Process: uptake; Location: plants)
  • Copper - Inhibits (Level: overload)
  • Vanadium - More Deficient Than (Polarity: false; Frequency: rarely)
  • Copper - Opposes (State: elevated)
  • Vanadium - Pairs With
  • Sulfur - Promotes Uptake Of (Condition: supplementation; Location: humans; Mechanism: inhibiting copper)
  • Dietary intake - Reduces (Amount: insufficient; Frequency: less often; Result: below normal)
  • Antagonist level - Reduces (Degree: high; Frequency: most of the time; Location: developed parts of the world; Result: below normal)
  • Vanadium - Requires Higher Level Of (Condition: vanadium supplementation; Degree: much higher; Measure: level)
  • Sulfur - Synergizes With (Scope: practical purposes; Evidence: thousands of clinical applications)

Liver - connections

Liver ->

  • Contains: Zinc (Concentration: larger; Reserve: no)
  • Contains: Tin (Context: human tissue after accidental deaths)
  • Contains: Tin (Developmental: fetal; Amount: higher; Reporter: Misk)
  • Contains: Copper (Level: high)
  • Controls: Total cholesterol (Degree: largely)
  • Converts: Lactic acid (Product: glucose; Process: cori_cycle)
  • Converts: Pyridoxine (Result: pyridoxal-5-phosphate)
  • Provides: B vitamins (Typical: true; Scope: all)
  • Source Of: Copper
  • Supplies: Copper
  • Treats: Copper deficiency (Frequency: regular; Condition: malabsorption disorder)

-> Liver

Kidney - connections

Kidney ->

  • Contains: Tin (Context: human tissue after accidental deaths)
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