Whole-body chromium retention: molecular mechanisms & dependencies

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What it does

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What acts on it

Oral coadministration of glutathione with labeled chromium did not significantly alter chromium retention in the rat study.
GSH → Whole-body chromium retention source_derived_draftungraded
Experimental context and source evidence
evidence_span
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experimental_model
Oral radiotracer retention and distribution experiments
exposure
Labeled oral chromium with dietary/metabolite coadministration
limitations
A negative retention result in this preparation does not exclude all chemical complexation or dose effects. Oral coadministration is not identical to a preformed chromium-nicotinate complex.
nutrient_topic
Chromium research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. · Chromium
organism
Rat
plain_language
Adding glutathione did not make the rats retain more chromium in this experiment.
primary_references
[chromium-p8605085] Dietary and metabolite effects on trivalent chromium retention and distribution in rats. (1995). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8605085/ DOI: 10.1007/bf02789412
tissue_or_cell_type
Whole-body and tissue chromium
Chromium: transport, insulin signaling, nutrient interactions and essentiality debate (2026-09-17) · lines 874–885
AI-assisted literature curation; primary study URLs and scope retained in the document and extraction. Not publisher full text. · supports · Oral radiotracer retention and distribution experiments · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
### chromium-gsh-retention-null Oral coadministration of glutathione with labeled chromium did not significantly alter chromium retention in the rat study. Condition category: normal nutrient_topic: Chromium research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. plain_language: Adding glutathione did not make the rats retain more chromium in this experiment. organism: Rat tissue_or_cell_type: Whole-body and tissue chromium experimental_model: Oral radiotracer retention and distribution experiments limitations: A negative retention result in this preparation does not exclude all chemical complexation or dose effects. Oral coadministration is not identical to a preformed chromium-nicotinate complex. exposure: Labeled oral chromium with dietary/metabolite coadministration evidence_span: {"source_cache": "artifacts/chromium-research/8605085.abstract.txt", "locator": "Exact primary indexed abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "19976d36625bfcd29ba9739717e4b5ee7c2a641dc625a2bfed62947df7060889", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 1103, "text_sha256": "19976d36625bfcd29ba9739717e4b5ee7c2a641dc625a2bfed62947df7060889"} [chromium-p8605085] Dietary and metabolite effects on trivalent chromium retention and distribution in rats. (1995). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8605085/ DOI: 10.1007/bf02789412
Complete structured claim and evidence
Oral coadministration of nicotinic acid with labeled chromium did not significantly alter chromium retention in the rat study.
Nicotinic acid → Whole-body chromium retention source_derived_draftungraded
Experimental context and source evidence
evidence_span
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experimental_model
Oral radiotracer retention and distribution experiments
exposure
Labeled oral chromium with dietary/metabolite coadministration
limitations
A negative retention result in this preparation does not exclude all chemical complexation or dose effects. Oral coadministration is not identical to a preformed chromium-nicotinate complex.
nutrient_topic
Chromium research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. · Chromium
organism
Rat
plain_language
Adding nicotinic acid did not make the rats retain more chromium in this experiment.
primary_references
[chromium-p8605085] Dietary and metabolite effects on trivalent chromium retention and distribution in rats. (1995). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8605085/ DOI: 10.1007/bf02789412
tissue_or_cell_type
Whole-body and tissue chromium
Chromium: transport, insulin signaling, nutrient interactions and essentiality debate (2026-09-17) · lines 861–872
AI-assisted literature curation; primary study URLs and scope retained in the document and extraction. Not publisher full text. · supports · Oral radiotracer retention and distribution experiments · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
### chromium-niacin-retention-null Oral coadministration of nicotinic acid with labeled chromium did not significantly alter chromium retention in the rat study. Condition category: normal nutrient_topic: Chromium research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. plain_language: Adding nicotinic acid did not make the rats retain more chromium in this experiment. organism: Rat tissue_or_cell_type: Whole-body and tissue chromium experimental_model: Oral radiotracer retention and distribution experiments limitations: A negative retention result in this preparation does not exclude all chemical complexation or dose effects. Oral coadministration is not identical to a preformed chromium-nicotinate complex. exposure: Labeled oral chromium with dietary/metabolite coadministration evidence_span: {"source_cache": "artifacts/chromium-research/8605085.abstract.txt", "locator": "Exact primary indexed abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "19976d36625bfcd29ba9739717e4b5ee7c2a641dc625a2bfed62947df7060889", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 1103, "text_sha256": "19976d36625bfcd29ba9739717e4b5ee7c2a641dc625a2bfed62947df7060889"} [chromium-p8605085] Dietary and metabolite effects on trivalent chromium retention and distribution in rats. (1995). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8605085/ DOI: 10.1007/bf02789412
Complete structured claim and evidence

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Whole-body chromium retention