Manganese Health Professional Fact Sheet
After absorption, some manganese remains free, but most is bound to transferrin, albumin, and plasma alpha2macroglobulin. Manganese is taken up by the liver and other tissues, but the mechanism of this process is not well understood [1,2]. The human body contains about 10 to 20 mg manganese, of which 25% to 40% is in bone [1,2]. The liver ...