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Picolinic Acid

  • Plant preparation
  • Varies by country
  • Identity checked
  • Sources last checked 2026-09-04

This page shows what was measured, who it was measured in, and what that does not settle.

What Picolinic Acid does in the body

RNAWiki has not recorded what this substance changes in the body.

What happened in people

RNAWiki has not yet published a reviewed conclusion for this use.

A fixed RNAWiki sentence

Where this came from

Wording RNAWiki always uses, not a finding about this substance.

No reviewed claim names a result for any goal on this record.

No source is stored against this line.

The limit that matters most

Not recorded.

Where it acts
Not recorded.
Kind of result
No result is published, so no kind of result applies yet
Supervision
Not usually supervised: sold as a supplement or food ingredient where recorded. That is a legal category, not a safety judgement.

What the registries record it as

  • The substance registry classes this as chemical.

    FDA substance registry · S71T8B8Z6P · read 2026-08-29

  • The supplement label database classes it as non-nutrient/non-botanical, under the name Chromium Picolinate.

    NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database · 2491 · read 2026-08-29

  • Its recorded molecular formula is C18H12CrN3O6, weighing 418.3.

    PubChem record · 151932 · read 2026-08-29

Where each sentence above came from

No plain explanation of what this changes is stored.

No recorded use is stored in reader language.

No statement of the main limit is recorded.

The four opening statements run to 26 words.

Words this page uses

Four words worth knowing first

Chosen from what this page shows, with each one explained before the word it depends on.

Stand-in result

A stand-in result is a number measured because the real result takes too long.

A picture of it, and where the picture fails

It is like judging a journey by the speedometer rather than by arriving.

Where that stops being true. Speed does predict arrival. Many stand-in results do not predict the real one.

What people get wrong. A stand-in result is often reported as the result itself.

A surrogate endpoint substituted for a clinical endpoint, valid only where the substitution has been shown to hold.

Enzyme

An enzyme is a protein that speeds up one chemical change.

A picture of it, and where the picture fails

An enzyme is like a machine on a production line doing one cut.

Where that stops being true. A machine is switched on and off by a person. Enzymes are controlled by the cell.

What people get wrong. Enzymes are thought to be used up. They are not; they work again and again.

A catalytic protein that lowers the activation energy of a specific reaction.

Receptor

A receptor is a part of a cell that a signal fits into.

A picture of it, and where the picture fails

A receptor is like a lock waiting for one key.

Where that stops being true. A lock either opens or does not. A receptor can be half-triggered, or worn out.

What people get wrong. Fitting a receptor is read as causing a benefit. It causes a step, and nothing more.

A protein that binds a specific ligand and converts that binding into a cellular response.

Pathway

A pathway is a chain of steps inside a cell, each one setting off the next.

A picture of it, and where the picture fails

A pathway is like a row of dominoes.

Where that stops being true. Dominoes fall one way. Pathways loop back and can switch themselves off.

What people get wrong. Changing one step is read as changing the outcome. Other steps often absorb it.

An ordered series of molecular interactions producing a defined cellular change.

What happened in peopleRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What happened in people

Each card is one study: the exact question it asked, who was in it, and whether it showed what it set out to show.

HbA1c: Baseline and Final Visits

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT00289354
How many people
600
Study design
Not applicable
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Oral

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Plasma chromium level (ng/dL)

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT06860087
How many people
200
Study design
Phase 1/Phase 2
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Oral

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

gut microbiome-taxonomy

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT06339697
How many people
194
Study design
Phase 4
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Oral

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Restore of regular menstrual period

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT03673995
How many people
186
Study design
Not applicable
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Oral

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Progression of dysglicemia

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT04107922
How many people
148
Study design
Phase 3
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Oral

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Progression of dysglicemia

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT04107987
How many people
148
Study design
Phase 3
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Oral

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
What we know
RNAWiki holds 6 written-up human studies for this substance, each with the question it asked.
How we know it
Each card names the study, the number of people and what the study set out to measure.
What this does not prove
These summaries were written by a person and have not been signed off as reviewed claims.
Why it matters
A study that failed is as informative as one that worked, and both are here.
What we still do not know
No reviewed claim exists, so no exact population, effect size or interval is published yet.

What happened in peopleRead from sources, not yet reviewed

How close this is to real life

The top step is something a person would feel or care about. The bottom is a guess from software. Filled steps are where evidence exists for this substance.

  1. Living longer, or avoiding a major event No evidence recorded. Death, a heart attack, a stroke, a hospital stay.0 registered measures of this kind. 2 written-up studies measured this and did not show a benefit.
  2. What a body can do day to day No evidence recorded. Walking, dressing, breathing, recovering.No registered study measures this.
  3. Measured performance No evidence recorded. How much was lifted, how far was run, how fast.No registered study measures this.
  4. Symptoms and quality of life No evidence recorded. Pain, tiredness, mood, sleep, as the person rated it.No registered study measures this.
  5. A number that stands in for health Evidence recorded. Cholesterol, blood sugar, bone density. A stand-in, not the thing itself.4 registered measures of this kind.
  6. A step measured inside a person Evidence recorded. Something measured in human tissue or human cells.A human record sits on the stored organism ladder.
  7. Animals Evidence recorded. Mice, rats, dogs. Useful for ideas, not proof about people.Stored records in C. elegans (roundworm), Mouse, Dog, Non-human primate. A result in animals says what to test next. It does not say what happens in people.
  8. Cells in a dish Evidence recorded. Cells or chemistry on a bench, far from a whole body.Stored mechanism abstracts describe steps measured in cells or tissue.
  9. A guess from software No evidence recorded. Nobody measured it. RNAWiki never publishes one as a finding.RNAWiki stores no prediction for this record. Software can suggest a link. RNAWiki does not publish one as a finding.

Higher on these steps means closer to something a person would feel. It does not mean better done.

What it would be like to takeRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Felt, measured, or meaningful

Three different things that get called the same word. Registered studies measured all three, and mixing them is how a blood test becomes a health claim.

Felt

Things a person could notice without a test.

No registered study measured anything of this kind.

Measured

Things only a test, a scale or a device shows.

  • hemoglobin a1c
  • serum zinc
  • serum 25 d
  • serum vitamin a

Meaningful

Things that change how a life goes, not only a number.

No registered study measured anything of this kind.

A registered study says what someone planned to measure. It does not say what they found. A number moving is not the same as a life going better. The two are shown apart here.

Felt, but not shown to help. A person notices a change. No study showed it leads anywhere good.

Measured, but not felt. A number moves. The person notices nothing. Both can be true.

Measured, but not shown to matter. A number moves in the good direction. Nobody showed that lives went better.

Matters, but takes years. The result that counts may take longer than anyone would keep watching.

Names that fit none of the three (14)
  • binge eating frequency
  • placenta myd88
  • placenta trif
  • placenta nfkb
  • placenta 25 d
  • placenta vitamin a
  • placenta zinc
  • placenta il 1b
  • hyaline membrane disease
  • reduction in sars cov 2 viral load
  • reduction in severity of covid 19 disease
  • random blood sugar
  • asthma control
  • spirometry

These are harms, study-process measures, or names the rules did not recognise. They are shown rather than dropped.

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Were people like you studied?

RNAWiki cannot tell whether a study fits you. It can show who was in it, and where the result stops carrying.

Who was studied

People similar to this profile were included.

  • • For the temporary relief of symptoms including: • liver discomfort • poor digestion • low energy • alternating occasional diarrhea and constipation These statements are based upon homeopathic practices. They have not been reviewed by the Food and Drug Administration.

Who is missing from the studies

  • Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded for this substance. Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, and people with liver or kidney conditions are commonly excluded from trials; nothing here says whether they were.

Where the result stopped carrying

  • This is a scope explorer, not a diagnosis engine.
  • It shows who was studied so you can see whether people similar to you were included.

RNAWiki cannot tell whether a study fits you. It can show who was in it.

What it would be like to takeRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Why it might seem to do nothing

A real effect and a noticed effect are different things. These are the recorded reasons the two come apart.

It was studied for a different goal

The studies measured something else entirely.

On this record: Some registered studies measured things that match no goal on this page.

It was studied in different people

The people in the studies were not much like the reader.

On this record: Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded for this substance. Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, and people with liver or kidney conditions are commonly excluded from trials; nothing here says whether they were.

The evidence may simply be wrong

Small early studies often do not hold up.

On this record: RNAWiki has not yet published a reviewed conclusion for this use.

Other reasons RNAWiki checked and found nothing for (10)
A different form was studied
The studied form is not the form on the shelf. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
There was nothing to correct
Where a level is already normal, topping it up may change nothing. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
Something else had to happen too
In the studies it was paired with training, a diet or another treatment. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
The change is too small to feel
A real change can still sit below what a person notices. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
Day-to-day swing hides it
Sleep, food, stress and time of day move most numbers more than this would. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
Not enough time yet
The studies ran longer than the person has waited. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
It was not taken as studied
Missed days change the result, and studies count them. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
Something else changed at the same time
Two changes at once cannot be told apart afterwards. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
The product may not be what it says
Contents of a sold product are not always what the label states. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
No recorded reason
RNAWiki has nothing stored that would explain it. Nothing in this record points to this reason.

None of these is a reason to take more. Taking more is not a step this page ever suggests.

What it would be like to takeRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What taking it involves

The recorded facts about getting hold of it and using it. Nothing here is a suggestion about what you should do.

How it is supplied

Varies by country

Quoted from a source

Where this came from

Copied from a source RNAWiki stored, with the source named.

Read from the recorded approval status.

No source is stored against this line.

Form and route

Oral

Source-linked record

Where this came from

A person wrote this into the record with the study named beside it. No reviewer has signed it off.

The form and route recorded on this substance.

No source is stored against this line.

Who oversees it

Not usually supervised: sold as a supplement or food ingredient where recorded. That is a legal category, not a safety judgement.

Quoted from a source

Where this came from

Copied from a source RNAWiki stored, with the source named.

The identity record classes it as a supplement ingredient; no medicines register records an approval.

No source is stored against this line.

What is in the pack

Sold as liquid, capsule, given by the oral route.

Source-linked record

Where this came from

A person wrote this into the record with the study named beside it. No reviewer has signed it off.

Recorded notes on how this is sold and what that means for what is in the pack.

No source is stored against this line.

Where it is registered

Regulatory records are listed in the technical disclosure at the foot of this page.

Counted from records

Where this came from

A count of rows RNAWiki holds. It describes our records, not your body.

Register entries are stored per jurisdiction and shown with their dates.

No source is stored against this line.

Why people stop

Not recorded.

Nothing recorded

Where this came from

RNAWiki holds nothing here and says so rather than guessing.

No record of why people stopped taking it is stored for this substance.

No source is stored against this line.

What it would be like to takeNothing found in the sources checked

What can go wrong

Sorted by where each line came from. A regulator's label and a report somebody sent in are not the same kind of fact.

Nothing found in the sources checked

No harm is recorded against this substance in the sources RNAWiki checked. Finding nothing is not the same as showing there is nothing.

The sources listed were searched and held nothing. That is not the same as nothing existing.

Over a long time. No completed tested study window is recorded, so long-term effects are not established by the registry record.

Groups the studies covered thinly. Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded for this substance. Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, and people with liver or kidney conditions are commonly excluded from trials; nothing here says whether they were.

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Does the exact form matter?

Evidence belongs to the exact thing that was tested. A different salt, a different mixture or a different preparation is a different question.

The form that was studied

Oral

Source-linked record

Where this came from

A person wrote this into the record with the study named beside it. No reviewer has signed it off.

The form used in the studies cited on this page.

No source is stored against this line.

What is sold

Not recorded.

Nothing recorded

Where this came from

RNAWiki holds nothing here and says so rather than guessing.

Nothing further is recorded about which forms are sold.

No source is stored against this line.

What is recorded as being sold

  • 8 products list this as an active ingredient in the United States drug directory. 1 of them contain it and nothing else.

    FDA National Drug Code directory · 87622-001 · read 2026-08-29

  • They are sold as capsule, liquid and powder, taken oral.

    FDA National Drug Code directory · 87622-001 · read 2026-08-29

  • 7 published labels name it as an active ingredient. None of them describes this substance alone, so no label text on this page can be attributed to it rather than to a combination.

    US prescribing information · 06300339-b068-4685-8475-3765f6828851 · read 2026-08-29

  • Those labels are classed as human otc drug.

    US prescribing information · 06300339-b068-4685-8475-3765f6828851 · read 2026-08-29

  • 6342 marketed supplement labels list this ingredient, classed as mineral and non-nutrient/non-botanical.

    NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database · 251536 · read 2026-08-29

  • Those labels carry all other, nutrient and structure/function claims. A claim of that kind is written by the manufacturer and is not assessed by any regulator, so its presence says nothing about whether it is true.

    NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database · 251536 · read 2026-08-29

Evidence carries across two names for one substance. It does not carry across a salt, a mirror form or a mixture.

What it would be like to takeRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What you could measure

Watching one thing carefully can tell you whether it moved. It cannot tell you what moved it.

This is sold without a prescription, so a person can sensibly watch one thing and see whether it moves.

  1. Pick one goal. One goal only. Two at once cannot be told apart afterwards.

  2. Pick one thing to watch. Registered studies measured things like: hemoglobin a1c; serum zinc; serum 25 d.

  3. Measure before you start. Take the same measurement several times first. One reading is not a starting point.

  4. Know the swing. Write down how much it moves on its own across a normal week.

  5. Change one thing. Change nothing else at the same time, including training and sleep.

  6. Give it the study length. No finished study window is recorded, so no length is suggested here.

  7. Track whether you took it. Missed days are the most common reason a home test shows nothing.

  8. Read the trend. Look at the line across weeks. A single reading tells you almost nothing.

What not to measure

  • Anything that swings more day to day than the change you are looking for.
  • A wearable estimate of sleep stages, which is an estimate and not a measurement.
  • Weight on one morning, which mostly records water.
  • A feeling you did not write down before starting.

When to stop

  • Stop if something new and unpleasant starts, and ask a pharmacist or doctor.
  • Stop if you cannot keep everything else steady, because the result will not mean anything.
  • Stop at the end of the window you set, and read the trend then.

Tracking can show whether something changed for you. It cannot show what caused it.

RNAWiki does not work out an amount for anyone.

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What nobody knows yet

Open questions, each with why it is open and what would close it.

How fast does the body clear it?

The sources RNAWiki checked hold nothing for this field.

Why it matters. Without this, nothing on this page can say how long anything lasts.

What would answer it

A stored source that records it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Missing populations

Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Missing long-term data

No completed tested study window is recorded.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

No reviewed conclusion

RNAWiki has not yet published a reviewed conclusion for this use.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Missing interaction studies

No interaction was found in the registers checked. Not finding one is not the same as showing there is none.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Formulation uncertainty

Several salts, forms or products of Picolinic Acid are recorded. Results from one form may not transfer to another.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Mechanism not reviewed

No reviewed mechanism story exists for this substance.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

What happened in peopleRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Check any of this yourself

Every line above traced back to the study it came from. This is the technical layer, and the vocabulary changes here.

Where else this substance is registered

FDA substance identifier (UNII)
S71T8B8Z6P
CAS registry number
14639-25-9
PubChem compound
151932
ChEBI
50369
RxNorm concept
59308
EMA substance identifier
100000090351
DrugBank
DB11255

Checks this page had to pass

  • Passed

    Identity resolved

    no open identity hold

  • Passed

    No unresolved merge across substance families

    no quarantine open

  • Not passed

    Every public sentence names a source

    The opening statement carries no source: the record holds neither an explanation nor a recorded use.

  • Not passed

    Trial roles classified for highlighted evidence

    No registered study is classified as testing this substance.

  • Passed

    No internal keys in reader text

    enforced by the copy-contract test over the rendered page

  • Passed

    Safety mode resolved

    The identity record classes it as a supplement ingredient; no medicines register records an approval.

  • Passed

    Canonical metadata present

    slug and display name present

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

How this medicine reached us

Kept near the foot of the page. A historical event moves up only when it changes something about this substance today.

What the approval register records

  • The earliest marketing start date recorded for a listed product is 20190821.

    FDA National Drug Code directory · 87622-001 · read 2026-08-29

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What to learn next

Ordered by what would most change how you read this page, starting with what is easiest to misunderstand.

This order is fixed in code and does not count clicks or time on the page.

What is not here

7 questions this page could not answer

These sections were prepared and left out because there was nothing to put in them. They are listed rather than hidden, so the gaps in this record are visible.

  • What was measured, goal by goal — found nothing in the sources checked.
  • The path through the body — found nothing in the sources checked.
  • How long anything takes — found nothing in the sources checked.
  • What it may clash with — found nothing in the sources checked.
  • Other ways to the same goal — found nothing in the sources checked.
  • Claims that go past the evidence — found nothing in the sources checked.
  • What changed on this page — found nothing in the sources checked.

The record as stored

The full record, for auditing

Everything above is built from what is below. This layer keeps the technical vocabulary, record identifiers and every stored row, so a reader who wants to check the page can.

Recorded evidence blocks (12)

What did Picolinic Acid's largest trial (120 people) and its longest (8.5 years) measure?


120 people in Picolinic Acid's largest registered study, 8.5 years in its longest registered window, measuring Improvement in insulin sensitivity. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

5 na, 4 phase2, 4 phase4, 3 phase1, 1 na or unstated; NCT03908736; 2027-12; no ageing endpoint recorded. Last human test completed 2026, NCT07371169.

Interpretation These counts include studies where Picolinic Acid was a comparison treatment, a background treatment or an exposure in an observational study, and the longest window may be a planned end date. Trial roles have not yet been classified for this record.

Show the evidence
  • na
    5
  • phase2
    4
  • phase4
    4
  • phase1
    3
  • na or unstated
    1
  • Last recorded human test NCT07371169
    2026-01-01

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

From C. elegans to human: where has Picolinic Acid shown lifespan?


C. elegans: lifespan, NHP: mechanism-only, mouse: mechanism-only, dog: biomarker and human: mechanism-only (15): the rungs where Picolinic Acid has a recorded finding. Europe PMC and ClinicalTrials.gov · organism ladder · 2026-09-01

Interpretation Improvement in insulin sensitivity — the recorded outcome words.

Yeast C. elegans lifespanDrosophila Mouse mechanism-onlyRat Dog biomarkerNon-human primate mechanism-onlyHuman mechanism-only
Show the evidence
  • C. elegans
    lifespan
  • NHP
    mechanism-only
  • mouse
    mechanism-only
  • dog
    biomarker
  • human NCT00109746
    mechanism-only; Improvement in insulin sensitivity; 15

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

2 of Picolinic Acid's trials stopped: accrual/recruitment, other?


accrual/recruitment (1) and other (1): Picolinic Acid's stop wording, clustered. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

"Issues w/recruitment"; 2 of 15 registered studies

Show the evidence

Trial

  • NCT00332085
    terminated; "Issues w/recruitment"
  • NCT04542993
    terminated; "Difficulty accruing patients"

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

Human studies of Picolinic Acid used Zinc Picolinate 50 mg — over how long?


Human studies of Picolinic Acid used "Zinc Picolinate 50 mg". ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

2 recorded entries; human; also "Zinc Picolinate 15 Mg"

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human

  • NCT03005496
    Zinc Picolinate 50 mg
  • NCT03908736
    Zinc Picolinate 15 Mg

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

More Picolinic Acid was worse in human: at what point?


U-shaped in human: "A complex U-shaped dose-response relationship was evident, suggesting adaptive cellular responses, with increased free radical production as a plausible mechanism." Europe PMC · dose-response search · 2025-10-21

4 recorded sentences naming Picolinic Acid; U-shaped, dose-response, dose response

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U-shaped

  • PMID 40809778
    "A complex U-shaped dose-response relationship was evident, suggesting adaptive cellular responses, with increased free radical production as a plausible mechanism."
  • PMID 39476693
    "A near-infrared responsive hydrogel sensing membrane (PNIPAm/PVA/GO) was prepared by free radical polymerization, which was modified on U-shaped optical fiber sensors for the selective determination of Pb<sup>2+</sup>."
  • dose-response PMID 41281004
    "The scavenging activity of the plasma against hydroxyl radical and DPPH (2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl) was also evaluated using ESR spectroscopy with the spin trapping method; a dose-response curve for each free radical was drawn to estimate the half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC<sub>50</sub>) of plasma during heart surgery."
  • dose response PMID 39790935
    "The rat aortic ring (RAR) and Chick chorioallantois membrane (CAM) assays were employed to determine antiangiogenic efficacy and dose response, while the DPPH assay estimated free radical scavenging activity."

recorded 2025-10-21 · last checked 2026-09-04

Could one person measure Picolinic Acid's effect on hemoglobin a1c?


Hemoglobin a1c: measured in Picolinic Acid's trials.

hemoglobin a1c is the recorded endpoint.

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biomarkers

  • hemoglobin a1c; 2026-09-01
  • binge eating frequency; 2026-09-01
  • placenta myd88; 2026-09-01
  • placenta trif; 2026-09-01
  • placenta nfkb; 2026-09-01
  • placenta 25 d; 2026-09-01
12 more recorded rows
  • biomarkers
    placenta vitamin a; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    placenta zinc; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    placenta il 1b; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    serum zinc; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    serum 25 d; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    serum vitamin a; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    hyaline membrane disease; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    reduction in sars cov 2 viral load; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    reduction in severity of covid 19 disease; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    random blood sugar; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    asthma control; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    spirometry; 2026-09-01
  • human trials at or under30
    2
  • Not recorded for this substance
    a recorded half-life
  • smallest human trial
    26; NCT00904306; PHASE1/PHASE2; the smallest recorded human enrolment at or below 30; the registry states no direction of its result; COMPLETED

Which of asthma control, binge eating frequency and hemoglobin a1c did Picolinic Acid's trials measure?


asthma control, binge eating frequency and hemoglobin a1c lead 18 outcome terms across Picolinic Acid's trials. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

placenta trif, placenta nfkb, placenta 25 d, placenta vitamin a, placenta zinc and placenta il 1b follow.

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  • hemoglobin a1c
    1
  • binge eating frequency
    1
  • placenta myd88
    1
  • placenta trif
    1
  • placenta nfkb
    1
  • placenta 25 d
    1
12 more recorded rows
  • placenta vitamin a
    1
  • placenta zinc
    1
  • placenta il 1b
    1
  • serum zinc
    1
  • serum 25 d
    1
  • serum vitamin a
    1
  • hyaline membrane disease
    1
  • reduction in sars cov 2 viral load
    1
  • reduction in severity of covid 19 disease
    1
  • random blood sugar
    1
  • asthma control
    1
  • spirometry
    1

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

Which of Picolinic Acid's 3 ongoing trials reports first?


3 registered trials of Picolinic Acid are open; earliest completion 2025-05. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

Metal biomonitoring to compare change from baseline versus zinc supplement; Random blood sugar; latest 2027-12

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Trial

  • NCT03908736
    "Thinking Zinc: a Study of Zinc Supplements on the Navajo Nation"; n 100; "Metal biomonitoring to compare change from baseline versus zinc supplement"; 2027-12
  • NCT06709313
    "Effect of Chromium on Blood Sugar After Sacroiliac Joint Injection"; n 60; "Random blood sugar"; 2025-05
  • NCT07703358
    "Effect of Chromium Weight Reduction on Adult Asthma Control"; n 60; "Change in asthma control"; 2027-08-20

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

Which 8 trials of Picolinic Acid posted no result?


Posted no result
8 of 8 completed trials
Registrations
NCT00283777, NCT00128154, NCT00477854, NCT00997659, NCT00109746 and NCT00904306, and 2 more
Completion dates
oldest 2003-04; newest 2017-06
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Trial

  • NCT00283777
    2003-04
  • NCT00128154
    2005-12
  • NCT00477854
    2007-05
  • NCT00997659
    2010-05
  • NCT00109746
    2010-06
  • NCT00904306
    2011-07
2 further recorded trials
  • NCT02006914
    2012-04
  • NCT03005496
    2017-06

At the median, Picolinic Acid's trials enrolled 47 people — anything larger?


Median enrolment
47
Largest enrolment
120
Registered trials counted
15

Was Picolinic Acid studied with exercise?


exercise is named in Picolinic Acid's label sentences: "We conducted the first randomised controlled trial in healthy participants to examine if oral antioxidant prophylaxis alters the haemostatic responses to hypoxia and exercise given their synergistic capacity to promote free radical formation." openfda-label+europepmc · 2018-08-29

1 recorded statement; exercise

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  • exercise
    We conducted the first randomised controlled trial in healthy participants to examine if oral antioxidant prophylaxis alters the haemostatic responses to hypoxia and exercise given their synergistic capacity to promote free radical formation.

recorded 2018-08-29 · last checked 2026-09-04

What is recorded about Picolinic Acid and autophagy?


"Herein, we construct an injectable hydrogel (IVH@gel) via the coordination between calcium ions (Ca<sup>2</sup> <sup>+</sup>) and sodium alginate to encapsulate the PTA Hu Kaiwen Ink, the free radical initiator 2,2'-azobis[2-(2-imidazolin-2-yl)propane]dihydrochloride (VA-044), and the autophagy inhibitor hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) for…" — where Picolinic Acid and autophagy appear together. Europe PMC · pathway abstract search · 2026-08-31

autophagy, sirtuin, mTOR, AMPK, NAD+; PMID 42675962, 40690812, 42660828, 39723045

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  • autophagy PMID 42675962
    "Herein, we construct an injectable hydrogel (IVH@gel) via the coordination between calcium ions (Ca<sup>2</sup> <sup>+</sup>) and sodium alginate to encapsulate the PTA Hu Kaiwen Ink, the free radical initiator 2,2'-azobis[2-(2-imidazolin-2-yl)propane]dihydrochloride (VA-044), and the autophagy inhibitor hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) for realizing synergistic PTT and immunotherapy."
  • sirtuin PMID 40690812
    "These findings refine free radical theory of aging and highlight SIRT2 as a target for enhancing DNA repair and mitigating aging-associated phenotypes."
  • autophagy PMID 42660828
    "Methods Network pharmacology was employed to predict YA3D3 targets.Total antioxidant capacity and hydroxyl free radical scavenging activity were measured <i>in vitro</i>.BV2 microglial cells were infected with short hairpin RNA (shRNA) lentivirus targeting ATG14 (designated as sh-ATG14) and then treated with 0.5 mg/mL of either water-extract (YA3D3-HF) or fermented (YA3D3-MHF) preparation for 24…"
  • mTOR PMID 39723045
    "Each bioactive component causes various physiological processes, such as triggering free radical production, disruption of mitochondrial membrane potential, cell cycle arrest, inhibition of CRC stem cell migration, and suppression of glycolysis through mTOR signaling inhibition."
  • AMPK PMID 41640995
    "The free radical scavenging potential of <i>Salvia coccinea</i> and apigenin is responsible for reduced oxidative stress and tumor cell metastasis modulated through PARP-cleavage, caspase-3, ERK, CDK-1, JAK2/STAT3, Bax/Bcl-2, AMPK, and Wnt/β-catenin pathways."

mTOR

  • PMID 37783152
    "Since we do not yet precisely know what is behind the lifespan-prolonging effect of rapamycin and frentizole, whether it is the ability to inhibit the mTOR signaling pathway, reduction in mitochondrial toxicity, immunosuppressive effect, or a combination of all of them, we have decided within our previous work to dock the entire in-house library of almost 240 Aβ-ABAD modulators into the…"
  • PMID 38767353
    "Inhibition of mTOR during infection with <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> revealed that mTOR signaling is required for bactericidal free radical production by phagocytes."
  • autophagy PMID 41897465
    "These compounds go beyond classical free-radical scavenging activity and modulate a network of redox-sensitive signaling pathways involved in autophagy, apoptosis, endocrine regulation, and immunological balance."
  • NAD+ PMID 39769476
    "Our results demonstrate that ethanol induced mitochondrial fragmentation through increased free radical levels, due to reduced NAD and increased p-Drp1, in PC cells of the female cerebellum."

recorded 2026-08-31 · last checked 2026-09-04

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Identifiers, relations and other names

The exact record

ChEMBL id
CHEMBL72628
PubChem CID
151932
CAS number
14639-25-9
RxCUI
59308
InChIKey
SIOXPEMLGUPBBT-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Also called
Chromium Picolinate
Also called
2-PICOLINIC ACID, Vanadium Picolinate, Zinc Picolinate, 2-PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID, ZINC COMPLEX, Zinc picolinate [WHO-DD]
Trade name
Liver Drainage, Pancreas Liquescence, Pinggao Peptide, Bio Electrolyte, Cpc Chondrocyte Preparation, Electrolyte Plus, Liver Drainage / Pancreas Liquescence / Pinggao Peptide / Bio Electrolyte / Cpc Chondrocyte Preparation / Electrolyte Plus, Free Radical, Livita Children, Immune Support, Bruselix Bruising, Livita Adults
Component
Chromium Picolinate
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  • Europe PMC dose-response search ·
  • Europe PMC pathway abstract search ·
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