Annika SÃ¶renstam. Annika SÃ¶renstam (pronounced [Ëan.niË.ka ËsÃ¸Ë.rÉn.Ëstam]; listen ; born 9 October 1970) is a retired Swedish professional golfer, one of the most successful female golfers in history.
Medical Definition of METALLOTHIONEIN. : any of various metal-binding proteins involved in the metabolism of copper and zinc in body tissue (as of the liver) and in the binding of toxic metals (as cadmium).
Metallothionines in the intestinal cells are capable of adjusting the absorption of zinc by 15-40%. Thus control of cellular zinc homeostasis is maintained by zinc proteins and zinc binding metallothioneines. Zinc is needed for over 300 enzymes in the body and makes up part of 3000 different proteins in the body. Muscles (60%) and bones (30%) contain 90% of the bodyâs zinc. High concentrations of zinc are found in the prostate gland and semen and the choroid of the eye.