GourmetStyleWellness said:
Bryan - here is CJ's reply. Thoughts?
"To address this, I work with 2 cGMP-certified labs based in the US, and 1 Canadian one as well. 2 of them have already confirmed with me that the free-form GLA/ALA is not a problem to get/extract, its less expensive than processed and purified oil."
I'm not completely sure what he means by that. What "processed and purified oil" is he talking about? How could an EXTRACT of a natural oil (GLA/ALA) be less expensive than the oil itself?? I suppose he means that a simple de-esterification would be easier to do than the more extensive processing and purifying that an oil undergoes before it's ready to be sold to the consumer as, say, a bottle of cooking oil.
In any event, as long as he understands that all we need is just an appropriate oil that's naturally rich in unsaturated fatty acids (maybe borage or flaxseed or black currant, etc.) to be de-esterified in bulk, then I think we're all on the same page! :wink:
"Getting it to mix and stay mixed with other ingredients is tricky, its fairly thick stuff unless you water it down, and it doesn't dissolve readily into solution."
What we'd probably want is a solution in ethanol, like they used in the hamster study. With some appropriate antioxidant protection, of course.
"You ... would need to raise volunteers via your sites that would be willing to test a new product and report their results, whatever they may be."
If he's serious about all this, then this is REALLY starting to sound intriguing!!
GourmetStyleWellness said:
Bryan ... is RU prescription?
No. RU58841 is just an experimental substance developed by a French team, so it has no official status as a drug or medicine here. It's just a chemical.
Bryan