Glynn Alan Woods

3 weeks ago | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Ioannis L. Oikonomidis |Paul Rees |Jorge Sanz |Glynn Alan Woods

1 Introduction Phosphorus is the major intracellular anion in the body and is of paramount importance for the maintenance of cellular membrane integrity and normal bone and dental matrix, energy stores, metabolic processes, messenger systems, regulation of tissue oxygenation, and urinary buffering capacity. The terms phosphorus and phosphate are typically used interchangeably, although they do not describe the same molecule.