NOW Zinc Glycinate 30 mg Albion TRAACS Zinc softgels include 250 mg pumpkin seed oil. Zinc is a mineral co-factor in hundreds of enzymatic reactions related to protein and carbohydrate metabolism, RNA/DNA synthesis and intercellular signaling.* Zinc is essential to the normal function of many organs and systems within the body; supporting healthy immune, skeletal, neurological, and endocrine functions as well as a healthy prostate.* Dietary bioavailability of Zinc is relatively poor, so NOW Zinc Glycinate is chelated to improve absorption and bioavailability and offered in an easy-to-swallow softgel*.