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Silicon as a trace nutrient
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Support for silicon's metabolic role in connective tissue is provided by the finding that silicon is a major ion of osteogenic cells, especially high in the metabolically active state of the cell.About:
This article is published in Science of The Total Environment.The article was published on 1988-07-01. It has received 101 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Silicon & Matrix (biology).read more
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The anomaly of silicon in plant biology.
TL;DR: Ample evidence is presented that silicon, when readily available to plants, plays a large role in their growth, mineral nutrition, mechanical strength, and resistance to fungal diseases, herbivory, and adverse chemical conditions of the medium.
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Silicon and plant disease resistance against pathogenic fungi
TL;DR: Silicon possesses unique biochemical properties that may explain its bioactivity as a regulator of plant defense mechanisms, and may interact with several key components of plant stress signaling systems leading to induced resistance.
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Silicon substitution in the calcium phosphate bioceramics
TL;DR: Silicon (Si) substitution in the crystal structures of calcium phosphate (CaP) ceramics such as hydroxyapatite (HA) and tricalcium phosphate (TCP) generates materials with superior biological performance to stoichiometric counterparts.
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Bone regeneration: molecular and cellular interactions with calcium phosphate ceramics.
TL;DR: Calcium phosphate bioceramics are widely used in orthopedic and dental applications and porous scaffolds made of them are serious candidates in the field of bone tissue engineering.
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Trace Elements in Human and Animal Nutrition
TL;DR: This book discusses the history of zinc, its application in agriculture, and its applications in the management of soil-Plant-Animal relations.
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Silicon: A Possible Factor in Bone Calcification
TL;DR: Silicon, a relatively unknown trace element in nutritional research, has been uniquely localized in active calcification sites in young bone and is suggested to be associated with calcium in an early stage of calcification.
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Growth-promoting effects of silicon in rats.
Klaus Schwarz,David B. Milne +1 more
TL;DR: An all-plastic trace element controlled isolator system has been created and it was able to demonstrate recently that tin3,4, vanadium5, and fluorine6 (K. S. and D. M., unpublished results) are essential for growth.
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Silicon: An Essential Element for the Chick
TL;DR: In this paper, a deutectomized cockerel fed with a purified amino acid diet and a silicon supplement showed significantly retarded growth and development within 2 to 3 weeks.
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A bound form of silicon in glycosaminoglycans and polyuronides.
TL;DR: It is concluded that Si is present as a silanolate, i.e., an ether (or esterlike) derivative of silicic acid, and that R( 1)-O-Si-O-R(2) or R(1)-O (or) O-R (2) bridges play a role in the structural organization of glycosaminoglycans and polyuronides.