Biomedical applications of zinc oxide nanoparticles 6.1.1History of Zinc and Its Compounds Zincis an essential trace element for almost all living organisms, including humans (Hambidge et al., 1972; McCall et al., 2000; Mocchegiani et al., 2013; Raulin, 1869). It is a d-block element th...
Zinc is a mineral that is important to all forms of life due to its fundamental role in various metabolic process such as DNA replication, gene expression and protein synthesis. The function that zinc has in human health has been acknowledged by research
Alchemists burned zinc metal in air and collected the resulting zinc oxide on a condenser. Some alchemists called this zinc oxide lana philosophica, Latin for "philosopher's wool", because it collected in wooly tufts, whereas others thought it looked like white snow and named it nix album.[71...