Zinc Bisglycinate
Zinc bis-glycinate chelate
Also known as: Zinc Glycinate, Chelated Zinc
Overview
A well-absorbed, gut-tolerated form of zinc — glycinate chelation is absorbed more readily than zinc oxide or sulfate. Zinc is an essential trace mineral and a required cofactor for hundreds of enzymes involved in immune function, wound healing, taste, and hormone signalling.
Proposed mechanism
Zinc is a structural cofactor in hundreds of metalloenzymes and in the zinc-finger transcription factors that regulate gene expression, including in endocrine tissue. Documented zinc deficiency impairs immune function and wound healing, and correcting a deficiency restores them. That is not evidence that taking zinc above normal levels raises hormone levels in someone who is not already deficient — a distinction worth keeping in mind for any mineral.
Mechanisms describe how researchers think a compound may act, often from laboratory work — a proposed mechanism is not proof of a clinical effect in people.
Traditional & studied uses
Related pathways
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