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What is the chemical formula of human body?

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Two calculations have been made for the chemical formula for the human body, one a 26-element formula calculation by American chemical engineer Libb Thims in 2002:

C_E27H_E27O_E27N_E26P_E25S_E24Ca_E25K_E24Cl_E24Na_E24Mg_E24Fe_E23F_E23
Zn_E22Si_E22Cu_E21B_E21I_E20Sn_E20Mn_E20Se_E20Cr_E20Ni_E20Mo_E19Co_E19V_E18

and another 22-element (empirical) formula calculation by American limnologists Robert Sterner and James Elser in 2000:

H_375,000,000 O_132,000,000 C_85,700,000 N_6,430,000 Ca_1,500,000 P_1,020,000 S_206,000 Na_183,000 K_177,000 Cl_127,000 Mg_40,000 Si_38,600 Fe_2,680 Zn_2,110 Cu₇₆ I₁₄ Mn₁₃ F₁₃ Cr₇ Se₄ Mo₃ Co₁

References
http://wiki.answers.com/1. Human molecular formula - Encyclopedia of Human Thermodynamics - Encyclopedia of Human Thermodynamics
(http://www.eoht.info/page/Human+molecular+formula)
2. Sterner, Robert W. and Elser, James J. (2002). Ecological Stoichiometry: the Biology of Elements from Molecules to the Biosphere, (chapter one) (human molecule, empirical formula pg. 3; discussion, pgs. 47, 135). Princeton University Press.
3. Thims, Libb. (2008). The Human Molecule, (preview) (Google Books). Morrisville, NC: LuLu.

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