Thank you for that, its just that someone mentioned it on the list because
apparently this is how aspirin got the name for lowering the incidence of
heart attack, but someone on the list said this was because the sort of
aspirin used contained a lot of magnesium which was probably more the reason
of the beneficial properties, than the actual aspiring. Dee
-------Original Message-------
From: G & K Murray
Date: 04/05/07 18:45:57
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: CS>aspirin
Hi Dee,
I don't know of any other form of magnesium in pills like aspirin other
than magnesium stearate. this is what Wikipedia says:
Magnesium stearate, also called octadecanoic acid, magnesium salt, is a
white substance which is solid at room temperature. It has the chemical
formula C36H70MgO4. It is a salt containing two equivalents of stearate
(the anion of stearic acid) and one magnesium cation (Mg2+). Magnesium
stearate melts at about 88 °C, is not soluble in water, and is generally
considered safe for human consumption.
