Important Metals for Biology [ENDORSED]

[Joseph Pinto 3A]

Are there more notable metals that work in the human body in coordination compounds that we should be familiar with or are the 4 functions and corresponding metals in our reader all that we must know?

[Chem_Mod]

Everything discussed in my class, in the course reader, in the textbook readings and homework should be known.

[Rachel Lipman]

The main ones to note, however, are Iron, Chromium, Cobalt, and Mn, Ni, Cu, Zn.

[Tara_White_3L]

What makes a metal a complex metal? Which are the notable ones we should know about?

[Chem_Mod]

What makes a metal a complex metal? Which are the notable ones we should know about?

Anything bound to a transition metal cation results in the formation of a metal complex.
See examples I covered in class, in my lecture notes, and in the homework.