Comment · Wed, July 31, 2019
Any chance of carrying PQQ powder?
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kerrytrax · 7 points
I'm not seeing any confidence inspiring suppliers of PQQ powder out there. Maybe my favorite nootropic supplier that I get all my other stuff from might consider carrying this compound? :)
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amemento · 1 points
I was searching for Enerphos and here's a description I stumbled upon
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Enerphos contains phosphate esters of serine and ethanolamine present as calcium magnesium salts. The improvement made with Enerphos is that the phosphoserine component is made separately and re-precipitated to purify it. It is then added back to the ethanolamine phosphate during the final neutralization step.
Ethanolamine phosphate and phosphoserine are biologically active molecules found in the body. The commonly known health food Lecithin, derived from soy, contains some of these same phosphate esters which have been further combined with fats to form molecules called phospholipids. The body can use ethanolamine phosphate to form phospolipids known as Cephalins which are present in myelin that insulates the nerves.
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb
I think the bonds between the phosphoserine and magnesium/calcium would be coordinate bonds, which would mean they are chelated. I suppose they could be ionic bonds, making them a salt. I can check with my lab director on that. If they are just salts, they deprotonate in your stomach anyway. So that would make the case for taking pure O-Phospho-L-serine stronger in my eyes.