AACN and the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing at New York University College of Nursing worked collaboratively with an expert panel to develop these competencies and curricular guidelines to serve as a supplement to the 2008 AACN Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice.
These results suggest zinc/L-carnosine may protect gastric cells by occasionally reducing the levels of certain cytokines in minor inflammation of the stomach. PepZin GIâ¢, from Doctor's Best, is an exclusive, patented complex of zinc and L-carnosine that was first developed in Japan and has been in use since 1994. This special chelated form of the mineral, zinc, has a unique ability to exert its effects directly on the cells of the stomach lining.
Zinc carnosine has been prescribed by physicians in Japan since 1994 for indigestion and healing of the gastric lining. The combination of zinc and carnosine is three times as effective as zinc sulfate or carnosine alone. Carnosine is a dipeptide, a protein fragment, made of two amino acids, beta-alanine and histidine. According to a 2001 U.S. Food and Drug Administration, FDA, report, the recommended daily dose of 75 mg of zinc carnosine will produce a dietary intake of 17 to l 8 mg of zinc, and 57 to 58 mg of L-carnosine.