Zinc picolinate

Drug ingredient

CAS 17949-65-4

This chemical is an active pharmaceutical ingredient used in FDA-regulated drugs.

Molecular structure of 17949-65-4 — 1 Zn²⁺

US productionNot reported

Import value, 2024$1.3B

Top sourceChina 32%

This chemical is not on EPA’s Toxic Substances Control Act inventory, the list behind EPA’s production survey.

Why supply is unknown

Production is reported production, not a complete census of factories. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 293339 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 293339, which covers 397 tracked chemicals in total. They estimate the category's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries

Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2024).

CN 32%ChinaIN 15%IndiaDE 10%GermanyBE 9%BelgiumCH 8%Switzerland

Taiwan
Ukraine
Sweden
Argentina
Canada
Finland
Malta
Israel
Netherlands
Denmark
United Arab Emirates
Mexico
Brunei
Slovakia
Australia
South Africa
Poland
Latvia
Lithuania
Estonia
Slovenia
Czech Republic
Croatia
Hong Kong

3 FDA-registered drug labelers

Deseret Biologicals, Inc.

ProBLEN

PureTek Corporation

Why It Matters

Sectors

Health

Downstream Uses

Appears in 5 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

•Bruselix Bruising
•Livita Children
•Livita Adults
•Free Radical
•Immune Support

FDA Shortage Status

Whether any manufacturer currently reports this drug as in shortage on the FDA Drug Shortages database. "Active Shortage" means at least one presentation has status "current."

No FDA shortage records

Vendor Pricing

$0.05/gAA BLOCKS

CountryUnited States

Pack$1169.00 / 25 kg

Purity97%

Vendors10 available

Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.

9 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.05	10 kg	97%
Aaron Chemicals LLC	Hong Kong	$0.40	500 g	97%
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$0.43	500 g	97%
Ambeed, Inc.	United States	$0.73	100 g	97%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$0.73	100 g	98%
AK Scientific Specialized	United States	$0.73	100 g	—
AstaTech (2 weeks)	United States	$1.17	100 g	95%
Angene International Limited	United States	$1.48	100 g	98%
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	97%

Chemical Identity

CAS17949-65-4

PubChem CID9904746

DTXSIDDTXSID60170814

FormulaC12H8N2O4Zn

Mol. Weight309.6 g/mol

SMILESC1=CC=NC(=C1)C(=O)[O-].C1=CC=NC(=C1)C(=O)[O-].[Zn+2]

Data Sources

PubChem · compound 9904746Retrieved 2026-04-07
FDA National Drug Code directoryRetrieved 2026-04-25
FDA National Drug Code directoryRetrieved 2026-04-07
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Zinc picolinate (CAS 17949-65-4) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/17949-65-4/ PubChem: 9904746. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/9904746 FDA National Drug Code directory: CAS 17949-65-4. Retrieved 2026-04-25. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ FDA National Drug Code directory: bulk match. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 293339 for CAS 17949-65-4. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/