ZIN-21 SYRUP

Zin-21 Syrup

The image shows Zin-21 Zinc Gluconate Syrup, 100 mL.

The clearly identifiable active ingredient is:

Zinc gluconate

Zinc gluconate is a salt used to provide elemental zinc.

Zinc is an essential mineral involved in:

• normal immune-system function

• growth and development

• wound healing

• protein and DNA synthesis

• normal enzyme activity

• maintenance of normal skin and mucosal tissues

An important distinction is that “zinc gluconate” and “elemental zinc” are not the same weight. The clinically relevant amount for supplementation is the amount of elemental zinc supplied by the zinc-gluconate salt.

For example, a label stating 20 mg zinc as zinc gluconate means 20 mg of elemental zinc, not 20 mg of the entire zinc-gluconate compound.

What I can read from this photograph

• Product: Zin-21 Syrup

• Active: Zinc gluconate

• Volume: 100 mL

• Intended as a zinc-containing syrup, apparently for pediatric use based on the packaging.

The side label contains the detailed composition/directions, but it is too small and blurred in this photograph to determine the exact elemental-zinc concentration per 5 mL.

I found general pharmaceutical listings for zinc-gluconate syrups, including formulations of 20 mg elemental zinc per 5 mL, but I would not assume that concentration applies to this specific ACCOTT Zin-21 product without a readable label. (Pharma Franchisee India)

Other ingredients

The photograph does not allow reliable identification of the syrup's:

• sweetener

• flavour

• preservative

• colour

• vehicle

• stabilizers

• exact zinc-gluconate quantity

So the safest composition statement from this image is:

Zinc gluconate syrup — 100 mL; exact elemental zinc strength not readable.

If you upload a sharp close-up of the side/back label, particularly the line beginning “Each 5 mL contains…”, I can give you the exact zinc dose and every excipient in the formulation.