Method of nutritional supplementation for zinc and methionine by ingesting 1:1 zinc methionine complexes

摘要

1:1 Zinc methionine complex salts having the formulaP P [CH.sub.3 SCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 CH(NH.sub.2)COO.Zn.sup.+.sup.+]. sub.w X P Pwherein X is an anion and w is an integer equal to the anionic charge of X. These are useful nutritional supplements, both for animals and humans, in that they provide a readily- available source of the zinc ions necessary for dietary balance and provide methionine, an essential amino acid, in a form which provides for body conversion of more of the methionine to protein than does the simple feeding of the compound methionine.