Review Article
The Importance of Magnesium in Clinical Healthcare
Table 6
Selected magnesium sources, supplement bioavailability/pharmacodynamics properties, and therapeutic uses.
| Magnesium salts | (1) Magnesium oxide: bioavailability is poor; effervescent magnesium oxide is better absorbed (8%) than tablets (4%) | (2) Magnesium hydroxide: poorly absorbed; used as an antacid and a cathartic | (3) Magnesium chloride, lactate, and aspartate: have higher and similar bioavailability | (4) Magnesium citrate: significantly better absorbed than oxide since it is more soluble | (5) Magnesium citrate along with potassium citrate are used in nephrolithiasis (prevents absorption of oxalates and citrate chelates oxalate | and urate to prevent stone formation) | (6) Magnesium orotate may be useful in heart failure | (7) Magnesium as a salicylate: is used in rheumatoid arthritis | (8) Magnesium mandelate: is used as urinary antiseptic | (9) Magnesium glycinate or taurinate: has been used in depression | (10) Magnesium from magnesium-rich mineral water: 59% absorption |
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