The Zinc takes part in the systems enzimáticos of the carbonic anhidrasa, carboxipeptidasas, aminopeptidasas, fosfatasa alkaline, and deshidrogenasas, for it it is fundamental in the creation of cellular energy. The Zinc takes part in the formation of the ADN, of ARN and of the proteins. It stabilizes the cellular membranes, mobilizes the vitamin A of the liver. It intervenes in the formation of sperms and of ova.

Another important function is his participation in the cellular immune answer, in the healing of the skin, and it acts in the keenness of the smell and of the taste.

The Zinc is in food rich in proteins like the liver, the beef, pig and lamb, less in the fish and the vegetables. The Zinc finds in small quantities in the vegetables for it the vegetarian diets they are usually deficit in Zinc.

The absence of Zinc in the human body can be announced or produce:

• Infections increase
• Slow growth, dwarfism.
• Deterioration of the sense of the taste
• Deterioration of the sense of the smell
• Decrease of the appetite
• Hepatoesplenomegalia
• Hipogonadismo in the men
• Injuries in the skin
• Bad vision in the darkness
• Bad healing of the wounds
• Loss of hair, alopecia

The zinc is slightly poisonous, an excess can appear if the food is stored in galvanized receptacles, in this case there can appear fever, vomiting, and diarrhea. The symptoms diminish in a short period of time after the interruption of the consumption.