Zinc proteinate

Zinc proteinate is the final product resulting from the chelation of zinc with amino acids and/or partially hydrolyzed proteins. It is used as a nutritional animal feed supplement formulated to prevent and/or correct zinc deficiency in animals.[1] Zinc proteinate can be used in place of zinc sulfate and zinc methionine.

Zinc proteinate
Clinical data
Pregnancy
category
  • A
Routes of
administration
Oral
ATC code
Legal status
Legal status
Identifiers
ChemSpider
  • none

References

  1. Liu, S. B; Li, S. F; Lu, L; Xie, J. J; Zhang, L. Y; Wang, R. L; Luo, X. G (2013). "The effectiveness of zinc proteinate for chicks fed a conventional corn-soybean meal diet". The Journal of Applied Poultry Research. 22 (3): 396–403. doi:10.3382/japr.2012-00564.


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