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CHEMICAL RESEARCH IN TOXICOLOGY
Volume 15, Issue 2, Pages 93-100Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/tx010091t
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Chromium picolinate, [Cr(pic)(3)], is the second most popular nutritional supplement after calcium supplements. However, the supplement, unlike simple inorganic Cr(III) salts, has been shown in the presence of biological reducing agents in vitro to catalytically generate appreciable quantities of hydroxyl radicals, resulting in DNA damage. The complex has also been shown to be remarkably stable in vitro at neutral, basic, or weakly acidic pHs. Thus, the significance of this ability to generate hydroxyl radicals depends on whether the complex is absorbed by cells intact along with the stability and concentration of the complex in cells. Consequently, mate Sprague Dawley rats have been injected with Cr-51- and H-3-labeled [Cr(pic)(3)]. The tissue distribution, urinary and fecal loss, and subcellular hepatocyte distribution and concentration of the labels suggest that [Cr(pic)(3)] has a lifetime of less than 1 day in vivo, minimizing the potential threat from the supplement itself.
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