Posted by cardinaldirection on June 1, 2006, at 6:39:08
In reply to Re: First time I was prescribed a vitamin by a doc » Jakeman, posted by Larry Hoover on May 31, 2006, at 21:30:10
aaahah! thank you both for the clarification!
cd> > I was not aware of that either, until another poster mentioned it, I believe honeybee. This site has a chart that shows amounts that are available:
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> > http://www.flaxcouncil.ca/english/index.php?p=g1&mp=nutrition
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> > warm regards, Jake
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> That ALA being referred to there is not alpha-lipioic acid. It is alpha-linolenic acid, the omega-3 fatty acid that we are supposed to be able to form those lovely long-chain omega-3s from, but really can't. That's why I prefer ALNA as the contraction for this fatty acid. AlphaLinoleNic Acid. To distinguish it from linoleic acid. You hardly miss the n.
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> Alphalipoic acid is also known as 5-(1,2-dithiolan-3-yl)pentanoic acid.
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> Alpha-linolenic acid is also known as all-cis-9,12,15-octadecatrienoic acid.
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> Just because it was in another thread, gamma-linolenic acid is all-cis-6,9,12-octadecatrienoic acid.
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> And looking at those two, I realize I made a mistake with something else I said, earlier, in that other thread. I'm too tired to sort it out, but I have some fixing to do.
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> (Note to self: Verify, verify, verify. That is twice this week.....)
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> Chemists prefer the names with all those numbers in them because they simply cannot be confused. Except if you aren't a chemist, because they are inately confusing.
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> Lar
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