Molybdenum in the medical field

Molybdenum is one of the essential trace elements and a component of many enzymes. Its main function in the body is to participate in the mutual reaction between sulfur, iron and copper. The right amount of molybdenum can promote human development, enhance oxygen storage in the body, inhibit tumors, maintain the energy metabolism of the myocardium, protect the myocardium, and the lack of molybdenum will lead to dental caries, kidney stones, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, macroglossia, esophageal cancer, and other diseases, and thus molybdenum has also been used in medicine, such as ammonium molybdate, a drug that is mainly used in patients who rely on long-term intravenous hypernourishment.