CHROMIUM COMPLEXES AS DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS AND PHARMACEUTICAL AGENTS

摘要

Coordinatively saturated, stable chromium(III) complexes provide dietary chromium supplementation for humans and lower animals and are useful hypoglycemic pharma?eutical agents for treating diabetes, especially when used in conjunction with insulin therapy. The chromium complexes herein are of the general type wherein the X substituents can be oxygen, sulfur or nitrogen, and the Y and Z substituents can be any of a variety of chemical moieties.