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<journal-id>2183-5985</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Acta Portuguesa de Nutrição]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Acta Port Nutr]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2183-5985</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Associação Portuguesa de Nutrição]]></publisher-name>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S2183-59852025000100048</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.21011/apn.2025.4009</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[INFLUÊNCIA DE MICRONUTRIENTES NA QUEDA DE CABELO]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[THE INFLUENCE OF MICRONUTRIENTS ON HAIR LOSS]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Faim]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Beatriz Varanda]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Souza]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Laura Cavalcante de]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Campos]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Maria João]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pena]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Angelina]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Coimbra ]]></addr-line>
<country>Portugal</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,University of Coimbra Faculty of Pharmacy LAQV-REQUIMTE, Laboratory of Bromatology, Pharmacognosy and Analytical Sciences]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Coimbra ]]></addr-line>
<country>Portugal</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<numero>40</numero>
<fpage>48</fpage>
<lpage>51</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2183-59852025000100048&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2183-59852025000100048&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2183-59852025000100048&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="pt"><p><![CDATA[RESUMO Nesta revisão abordamos o papel de vitaminas e minerais, especialmente a vitamina A, vitamina B, vitamina C, vitamina D, ferro, selénio e zinco, no bom funcionamento do metabolismo do folículo capilar. É comum observar-se alopecia na prática clínica. Estudos mostram que a deficiência de micronutrientes pode representar um fator de risco para o desenvolvimento, prevenção e tratamento da queda de cabelo anormal, existindo ainda muitas contradições acerca do assunto e sendo necessários estudos adicionais.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT In this review, we summarized the role of vitamins and minerals, such as vitamins A, B, C, D, iron, selenium and zinc, given their importance in properly functioning hair follicle metabolism. It&#8217;s common to observe alopecia in the clinical field. Studies have shown that micronutrient deficiency may represent a risk factor for the development, prevention and treatment of abnormal hair loss, remaining a lot of contradictions about the subject. Therefore, more studies are needed.]]></p></abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Alopecia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Défices nutricionais]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Minerais]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Nutrição]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Queda de cabelo]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Suplementos alimentares]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Vitaminas]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Alopecia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Nutritional Deficiencies]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Minerals]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Nutrition]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Hair Loss]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Dietary Supplements]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Vitamins]]></kwd>
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