ATC Group: S01AX03 Zinc compounds

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 S01AX03 in the ATC hierarchy

Level Code Title
1 S Sensory organs
2 S01 Ophthalmologicals
3 S01A Antiinfectives
4 S01AX Other antiinfectives
5 S01AX03 Zinc compounds

Active ingredients in S01AX03

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.

Medicines in this ATC group

Austria (AT)

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