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Substance Name: Chromium picolinate [NF]
RN: 14639-25-9
UNII: S71T8B8Z6P
InChIKey: CBDQOLKNTOMMTL-UHFFFAOYSA-K

Note

  • Chromium complex of tripicolinate; increases glucose uptake by skeletal muscle cultures.

Classification Codes

  • Drug / Therapeutic Agent
  • Human Data

Molecular Formula

  • C18-H12-Cr-N3-O6

Molecular Weight

  • 418.3038
 
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Names and Synonyms

Name of Substance

  • Chromium picolinate [NF]
  • Chromium tripicolinate

Synonyms

  • 2-Pyridinecarboxylic acid, chromium(3+) salt (3:1)
  • CCRIS 8310
  • Chromax
  • Chromium 2-pyridinecarboxylate
  • Chromium picolinate
  • Chromium(III) picolinate
  • Chromium(III) trispicolinate
  • Chromium, tris(picolinato)-
  • Divista
  • Picolinic acid, chromium salt
  • Tris(picolinato)chromium
  • UNII-S71T8B8Z6P

Systematic Names

  • 2-Pyridinecarboxylic acid, chromium salt
  • Chromium, tris(2-pyridinecarboxylato-kappaN1,kappaO2)-
  • Chromium, tris(2-pyridinecarboxylato-N(1),O(2))- (9CI)

Registry Numbers

CAS Registry Number

  • 14639-25-9

FDA UNII

  • S71T8B8Z6P

Other Registry Number

  • 140947-78-0

System Generated Number

  • 0014639259

Structure Descriptors

InChI

InChI=1S/3C6H5NO2.Cr/c3*8-6(9)5-3-1-2-4-7-5;/h3*1-4H,(H,8,9);/q;;;+3/p-3

InChIKey

CBDQOLKNTOMMTL-UHFFFAOYSA-K

Smiles

O=C1C2=N(C=CC=C2)[Cr+3]34(N5=C(C=CC=C5)C(=O)[O-]3)(N6=C(C=CC=C6)C(=O)[O-]4)[O-]1

Toxicity

Organism Test Type Route Reported Dose (Normalized Dose) Effect Source
man TDLo oral 8571ng/kg/90D (0.008571mg/kg) BEHAVIORAL: "HALLUCINATIONS, DISTORTED PERCEPTIONS" American Journal of Psychiatry. Vol. 150, Pg. 1560, 1993.