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Importance of Trace Elements in Human Lives.
Byline: Felix 'Machi Njoku, PANA Correspondent
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Trace elements are inorganic chemicals usually occurring in small amounts in nature. Zinc is one of them.
But, for the ordinary person, zinc is nothing other than the bluish-white corrugated iron sheets with which most modern houses are roofed.
However, Chemistry has been able to unearth the pristine and eternal qualities for Zinc (coded Zn with atomic number 30) as one of the many trace elements crucial in the maintenance of balance in nature and sustenance of humankind.
Toward the close of the 1980s for instance, scientists identified micronutrient zinc with certain anti-viral, anti-bacterial and anti-cancer properties. They also found that zinc deficiency symptoms were similar to those found in later day HIV/AIDS patients.
According to scientists at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) led by Dr. C. Mbakaya, it became evident in January 2000 that it was possible to conduct a study to evaluate the role of zinc in the transmission and development of HIV/AIDS in Kenya.
The results of the study on 'Micronutrient Zinc Deficiency as a Possible Co-Factor in the Transmission and Progression of HIV/AIDS in Kenya' was one of the novelties of last week's conference on trace elements held in the Kenyan capital.
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