Zinc gluconate is a white crystalline or granular powder; soluble in water, soluble in ethanol, chloroform and ether. This product formulations require shading, sealed.
Substances chemical formula C12H22O14Zn (in vivo process) after oral zinc gluconate mainly absorbed by the small intestine, serum zinc concentration reached a peak at 1 hour, about two hours began to decline. Can be widely distributed in the liver, intestine, spleen, pancreas, heart, kidney, lung, muscle and central nervous system, bones and so on. Primarily by the fecal excretion, a small amount of urine, milk excretion. Under similar circumstances zinc bioavailability of the product was 1.6 times the zinc sulfate.
(Drug effects) Zinc is present in a large number of enzymes, such as the carbonic anhydrase, respiratory enzymes, lactate dehydrogenase acid, superoxide dismutase, alkaline phosphatase, DNA, and RNA polymerase in enzymes, and nucleic acid, protein , the use of carbohydrate synthesis and vitamin A are necessary. Zinc can promote growth and development, improve the taste of the role. When zinc deficiency in taste, smell bad, anorexia, growth and mental development than normal. (Adaptation of symptoms) as zinc gluconate medicine, mainly for children and the elderly, pregnant women due to growth retardation caused by zinc deficiency, malnutrition, anorexia, recurrent oral ulcers, skin acne embolism.