Assertion: zinc | /r/CapableOf | reduce the amount of copper
Facets:
value: potentially
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: In addition, as zinc and copper are mutually antagonistic interfering with the gastrointestinal uptake of each other, taking too much of a zinc supplement may potentially reduce the amount of copper the body can absorb.
text: Zinc reduces the amount of copper your body absorbs, and high doses of zinc can cause a copper deficiency.
text: Zinc reduces the amount of copper your body absorbs because copper competes with zinc to bind with metallothionein (binding protein that brings zinc into the cells).