商品名：Zinc
Zinc is an essential element important in more than 200 metalloenzymes. It also is important for nucleic acid, cell membrane, and protein synthesis. It is also important for growth, tissue repair, and cell division. Zinc acts as a chelating agent, and it competes with iron to inhibit fibrosis and collagen formation. The benefits have been seen in experimental animals and in humans with liver disease. One of the uses has been to manage hepatic cirrhosis. Zinc also may act as an antioxidant and prevent membrane damage. Zinc also induces the production of metallothionein in intestinal mucosal cells, which binds copper from the diet and prevents uptake to the liver.
It has been used to treat zinc-deficient diseases such as those that cause dermatologic problems. It is also used as an antifibrotic agent in liver disease. One of the other uses of zinc is as a chelating agent in animals. Most commonly, zinc has been used as a cupruretic to decrease copper concentrations in animals with liver disease, often in combination with other drugs (e.g., penicillamine). When used to treat copper liver disease, it is slow acting and may take as long as 3 months for the full effect.
劑量數字暫停提供：VetPro 的劑量改依 DRUGAPI 藥物資料庫對外的內容，DRUGAPI 目前不提供可直接計算的劑量。下方列出 DRUGAPI 的審查結論與劑量審查引用的來源；計算機可手動輸入劑量換算。
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