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Trace elements

Zinc

An essential mineral used by several hundred enzymes, in immune function, wound healing and taste.

Unit µg/dLTypical adult range 68–120 µg/dL
What it is

An essential mineral used by several hundred enzymes, in immune function, wound healing and taste.

Why it matters

Deficiency is common enough to matter, and it shows up as slow healing, frequent infections and hair loss before anything else.

Reading the number

Less than one percent of body zinc is in the blood, and the level falls with any inflammation and after a meal, so a low value during an illness proves little. Fasted morning samples are the ones that compare. Zinc and copper compete, so supplementing one lowers the other.

What moves it
inflammationlast mealtime of daycopper supplementssample contamination from the tube
Read alongside
CopperCeruloplasminVitamin A (retinol)Selenium
When to raise it

Worth discussing a low fasted value alongside slow healing or hair loss.

Tracking only, not a diagnosis. The range above is a typical adult reference range — the range printed by the lab that ran your test is the one that applies to you. Discuss anything that concerns you with your doctor.

Also known as

On a report in another language.

A lab report names this analyte in its own language. Vitals Vault recognises each of these and files them all under Zinc.

Zinco SéricoZincoZinkTsink

Track your zinc over time.

Zinc is one of 165 analytes Vitals Vault charts over time. Import a lab report in any language and this number lands on a timeline only you can read.

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Tracking only. This app is not medical advice. Always discuss results and future analysis with your doctor.

Catalog entry last updated 2026-08-28. Browse all 165 metrics.