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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, slightly bitter tasting,
crystalline substance, 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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