Edward Elric: Water: 35 liters, Carbon: 20 kg, Ammonia: 4 liters, Lime:1.5 kg, Phosphorus: 800 g, salt: 250g, saltpeter:100g, Sulfur: 80g, Fluorine: 7.5 g, iron: 5.6 g, Silicon: 3g, and 15 other elements in small quantities.... that's the total chemical makeup of the average adult body. Modern science knows all of this, but there has never been a single example of successful human transmutation...
Professor Utonium: Seems like a skill issue.