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In nutrition, a simple inorganic chemical
that is required by living organisms. Plants
usually obtain their mineral salts from the
soil, while animals get theirs from their
food. Important mineral salts include iron
salts (needed by both plants and animals),
magnesium salts (needed mainly by plants, to
make chlorophyll), and calcium salts (needed
by animals to make bone or shell).