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Copper deficiency, or hypocupremia, is defined as insufficient copper to meet the body's needs, or as a serum copper level below the normal range. [1] Symptoms may include fatigue , decreased red blood cells , early greying of the hair, and neurological problems presenting as numbness , tingling, muscle weakness, and ataxia . [ 2 ]
Chuquicamata (/ tʃ uː k iː k ə ˈ m ɑː t ə / choo-kee-kə-MAH-tə; referred to as Chuqui for short) is the largest open pit copper mine in terms of excavated volume in the world. [citation needed] It is located in the north of Chile, just outside Calama, at 2,850 m (9,350 ft) above sea level.
Chuquicamata, in Chile, is one of ... copper salts are used to test for reducing sugars. ... The human body contains copper at a level of about 1.4 to 2.1 mg per kg ...
Furthermore, long-term copper treatment (oral intake of 8 mg copper (Cu-(II)-orotate-dihydrate)) was excluded as a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease in a noted clinical trial on humans [94] and a potentially beneficial role of copper in Alzheimer's disease has been demonstrated on cerebral spinal fluid levels of Aβ42, a toxic peptide and ...
The suggested safe level of copper in drinking water for humans varies depending on the source, but tends to be pegged at 1.3 mg/L. [2] So low is the toxicity of copper that copper(II) sulfate is a routine reagent in undergraduate chemistry laboratories.
Unionized workers at Codelco's Chuquicamata copper mine, one of the world´s largest, said late on Wednesday they would walk off the job beginning Friday after failing to reach a labor deal with ...
Location of the La Escondida and Chuquicamata copper mines in Chile False color satellite image of Escondida (bottom) and neighbouring Zaldívar mines (top), April 2000 Escondida is a copper mine at 3,100 metres (10,200 ft) elevation in the Atacama Desert in Antofagasta Region , Chile .
11977 Ensembl ENSG00000165240 ENSMUSG00000033792 UniProt Q04656 Q64430 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_000052 NM_001282224 NM_001109757 NM_009726 RefSeq (protein) NP_000043 NP_001269153 NP_001103227 NP_033856 Location (UCSC) Chr X: 77.91 – 78.05 Mb Chr X: 105.07 – 105.17 Mb PubMed search Wikidata View/Edit Human View/Edit Mouse ATP7A, also known as Menkes' protein (MNK), is a copper-transporting P-type ...