Zinc picolinate explained

Zinc picolinate (or ZnPic) is the zinc salt of picolinic acid which has the molecular formula Zn(C6H4O2N)2.[1]

Zinc picolinate has been used as a dietary zinc supplement.[2] [3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Lumme P, Lundgren G, Mark W . The crystal structure of zinc picolinate tetrahydrate . Acta Chemica Scandinavica . 23 . 3011–3022 . 1969 . 10.3891/acta.chem.scand.23-3011 . free .
  2. Walsh CT, Sandstead HH, Prasad AS, Newberne PM, Fraker PJ . Zinc: health effects and research priorities for the 1990s . Environmental Health Perspectives . 102 . Suppl 2 . 5–46 . June 1994 . 7925188 . 1567081 . 10.1289/ehp.941025 .
  3. Sakai F, Yoshida S, Endo S, Tomita H . Double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of zinc picolinate for taste disorders . Acta Oto-Laryngologica. Supplementum . 122 . 546 . 129–33 . 2002 . 12132610 . 10.1080/00016480260046517 . 23717414 .
  4. Barrie SA, Wright JV, Pizzorno JE, Kutter E, Barron PC . Comparative absorption of zinc picolinate, zinc citrate and zinc gluconate in humans . Agents and Actions . 21 . 1–2 . 223–8 . June 1987 . 3630857 . 10.1007/BF01974946 . 23567370 .

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