ATC Group: D02AB Zinc products

The World Health Organization's ATC classification organizes medical drugs based on therapeutic properties, chemical composition, and anatomy. It helps make essential medicines readily available globally and is widely used in the pharmaceutical industry.

Position of D02AB in the ATC hierarchy

Level Code Title
1 D Dermatologicals
2 D02 Emollients and protectives
3 D02A Emollients and protectives
4 D02AB Zinc products

Active ingredients in D02AB

Active Ingredient Description
Zinc

Zinc blocks the intestinal absorption of copper from the diet and the reabsorption of endogenously secreted copper. Zinc induces the production of metallothionein in the enterocyte, a protein that binds copper thereby preventing its transfer into the blood. The bound copper is then eliminated in the stool following desquamation of the intestinal cells.