I have been lately been studying aspirin in more detail.
I just want to share some things I found here.
Please correct me if I'm wrong, I'm an amateur in biochemistry.
Aspirin rapidly breaks down into acetic acid and salicylic acid.
So all it's effects can be traced down to studying either two components.
From that perspective, it can be said that aspirin is actually a very natural substance,
as both components are found in abundance in nature.
Acetic acid is found in vinegars.
This makes me wonder if the benefits people claim from apple cider vinegar are actually coming from acetic acid.
The inhibition of COX2 (which is the enyzme that converts PUFA into prostaglandins) is coming form acetic acid and not from salicylic acid.
Glycine is also known as aminoacetic acid, and I'm wondering if acetic acid and glycine share some of their effects by the same mechanism.
Salicylic acid is found in many fruits and vegetables.
Salicylic acid has been found to be positively correlated with the fibre content of the diet.
Ray Peat believes that salicylic acid is what makes aspirin so powerful and not its inhibition of COX2 by acetic acid.
From a natural perspective, salicylic acid is a plant hormone that regulates many aspects of plant growth as well as resistance to stress.
I just want to share some things I found here.
Please correct me if I'm wrong, I'm an amateur in biochemistry.
Aspirin rapidly breaks down into acetic acid and salicylic acid.
So all it's effects can be traced down to studying either two components.
From that perspective, it can be said that aspirin is actually a very natural substance,
as both components are found in abundance in nature.
Acetic acid is found in vinegars.
This makes me wonder if the benefits people claim from apple cider vinegar are actually coming from acetic acid.
The inhibition of COX2 (which is the enyzme that converts PUFA into prostaglandins) is coming form acetic acid and not from salicylic acid.
Glycine is also known as aminoacetic acid, and I'm wondering if acetic acid and glycine share some of their effects by the same mechanism.
Salicylic acid is found in many fruits and vegetables.
Salicylic acid has been found to be positively correlated with the fibre content of the diet.
Ray Peat believes that salicylic acid is what makes aspirin so powerful and not its inhibition of COX2 by acetic acid.
From a natural perspective, salicylic acid is a plant hormone that regulates many aspects of plant growth as well as resistance to stress.