Hi, HC. In a sense, life does come from non-life. While a life form may 'initiate' development of a replica, the copy will be 'constructed' from non-life, e.g. minerals. Take away the inorganics, no life. At least in the human body, apart from carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, we require:
Calcium - needed for muscle, heart and digestive system health, builds bone, supports synthesis and function of blood cells.
Chlorine (chloride) - needed for production of hydrochloric acid in the stomach and in cellular pump functions.
Cobalt - needed as a cofactor with vitamin B12. Prevents pernicious anemia.
Copper - required component of many redox enzymes, including cytochrome c oxidase.
Iodine - required for the biosynthesis of thyroxine.
Iron - required for many proteins and enzymes, notably hemoglobin.
Magnesium - required for processing ATP and for bones.
Manganese - a cofactor in enzyme functions.
Molybdenum - required as a cofactor for xanthine oxidase and related oxidases.
Nickel - required as a cofactor for urease.
Phosphorus - a component of bones (e.g., apatite), energy processing (e.g., ATP), and many other functions.
Potassium - a systemic electrolyte, essential in coregulating ATP with sodium.
Selenium - a cofactor essential to activity of antioxidant enzymes like glutathione peroxidase.
Sodium - a systemic electrolyte, essential in coregulating ATP with potassium.
Sulfur - Required in synthesizing amino acids cysteine and methionine.
Zinc - required for several enzymes such as carboxypeptidase, liver alcohol dehydrogenase, and carbonic anhydrase.
No other minerals have been proven essential, although chromium is often considered useful in sugar metabolism, and is taken as a supplement (chromium picolinate). Other trace minerals with unproven physiological functions include boron, bromine, silicon, tungsten, and vanadium.
Mineral (nutrient) - Wikipedia
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