Describe the importance of mineral salts in the body?

In our body, mineral salts, along with glucose, proteins and urea, are key substances for osmotic regulation. These molecules, either inside or outside the cell, generate a greater or lesser osmotic gradient between the intracellular and extracellular space.

Mineral salts play an important role in creating electrical voltage at the cellular level. This cellular electrical activity depends on the concentration of cations and anions between the inner and outer surfaces of the cell membrane. This is a very important function that allows neurons to work.