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Are AGEs and Lipofuscin related? Could ALT-711 eliminate lipofuscin?

Alf Christophersen alf.christophersen at basalmed.uio.no
Wed Jan 27 14:46:31 EST 1999


Michael Sierchio <kudzu at dnai.com> wrote:

>Oh, puhleeze.  Of course there are problems with ethoxyquin -- it's
>an agbiz chemical used to replace the much more expensive Vit. E in
>chicken feed, for e.g.  Most manufacturers of mammal chows have stopped
>using it -- but it isn't a fungicide,  it's an antioxidant.

In fishmeal production it is used as both. Interestingly enough.

It is used as an antioxidant, but under some conditions, it is a strong
oxidant.





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