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MSM Data
Methyl Sulfonyl Methane (M.S.M.) is an organic sulfur compound which is a metabolite of
dimethyl-sulfoxide (D.M.S.O.). It is a white, odorless, which contains 34 percent
elemental sulfur.
It is easily soluble in water. Its chemical formula is (CH3)2SO2. It has been suggested by
Lovelock and his associate's that M.S.M. and its related compounds D.M.S.O. and D.M.S.
(dimethyl sulfide) provide 85 percent of the sulfur found in all living organisms.
The cycle of these naturally occurring sulfur compounds begins in the ocean where
microscopic plankton release sulfur compounds called dimethyl sulfonium salts. These salts
are transformed in the ocean into the very volatile compound D.M.S. which escapes from the
water as a gas which rises into the upper atmosphere.
Exposed to ozone and high energy ultraviolet light the D.M.S. is converted to D.M.S.O. and
M.S.M. Both the D.M.S.O. and M.S.M. are very soluble in water and they return to the
surface of the earth in rainwater. Plants then take up the two compounds into their root
systems concentrating them up to one hundred fold. M.S.M. (sulfur) is incorporated into
the plant structure. Through the process of plant metabolism the M.S.M., along with the
other sulfur compounds it has spawned, are ultimately mineralized and transported back to
the ocean and the sulfur cycle begins again.
M.S.M. is found naturally in the human body. It occurs in the blood and in other organs
and has been detected in normal human urine. The level of M.S.M. in the circulatory system
of an adult human male is about 0.2 parts per million. Normal human adults excrete from
four to eleven milligrams M.S.M. per day in their urine. Experiments using radiolabled
sulfur (S35) in M.S.M. have shown that after ingestion the sulfur in M.S.M. helps form the
essential amino acids methionine and cysteine. M.S.M. is rated as one of the least toxic
substances in biology, similar in toxicity to water. The lethal dose (LD50) of M.S.M. for
mice is over 20 grams per kilogram of body weight.
Sulfur is found to be needed for the formation of connective tissue.
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