Talk:Potassium in biology

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Recommend merge with Potassium. - Hemanshu 03:29, 29 Jan 2004 (UTC)

• Dear Hemanshu, I strongly resist. I didn't expand this article yet, because I can't find enough power for it. But the role of some ions in biology is extremely peculiar, so you can write a little article about them. And, from the other side, these articles (like K in biology, Na in biology etc.) will be certainly written in a different clue in comparison with the 'physical' and 'chemical' articles. Which are now prevalent.
  
  Of course it's your will to make this or that decision and I will not change anything 'back'. But I really think it will be better to separate these two articles. The calbidin and calmodulin-dependend processes are waiting for their description on this page, as well as the internal Ca depos phenomena etc. Think about it. Arseni 8:29, 30 Jan 2004 (UTC)

• • The cellular biology aspects of K+ could go into a section in Potassium, and if it grows too big could be moved to a new article. There's already a 'human body' section (although the hypo- and hyperkalemia could have their own articles). T 04:15, 11 Apr 2004 (UTC)

I think the articles should not be merged. When you link people from neurobiology or other biology articles, they want to know about the role of potassium in the cell, not about the metal. It will be harder to find that info embedded in a more general page. Plus, there's so much to say about the role of potassium in biology that it's astonishing that there isn't already a huge article on it. I can begin adding to this article soon.--Delldot 06:42, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

Nay on merger. I copied the content over from the Potassium article to this article. Mathiastck 20:03, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] To expand this page

These links might help: Foods high in Potassium http://www.weightlossforall.com/potassium-rich-food.htm Potassium and Your CKD Diet What is potassium and why is it important to you? http://www.kidney.org/atoz/atozItem.cfm?id=103 Mathiastck 20:07, 30 January 2007 (UTC)