Estimated daily requirement to be about 340 mg/day for adults.
Human body contains about 25 g of magnesium (maximum in bones).
It is needed for normal metabolism of calcium and potassium.
Deficiency may occur in conditions like live cirrhosis, alcoholism, toxaemias of pregnancy, malnutrition and malabsorption.
Clinical features of magnesium deficiency include hyperreflexia and tetany.
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