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MSM and its related compounds are the source
of 85 percent of the sulfur found in all living organisms. Many researchers
believe that sulfur, the eighth most abundant element in the body, is
a sorely neglected mineral nutrient and plays an indispensable role
in human nutrition. The cycle of MSM begins in the
ocean where microscopic plants called plankton release sulfur compounds.
These salts are transformed in the ocean water into the very volatile
compound dimethyl sulfide (DMS) which escapes from the ocean as a gas.
DMS rises into the upper atmosphere, and in the presence of ozone and
high-energy ultraviolet light, is converted into MSM.
Lignisul MSM is derived from an allnatural source of DMS that originates
in pine trees. MSM is produced by twice oxidizing DMS
to form DMSO2 , otherwise known as MSM. Unlike the
DMS, MSM is very soluble in water, and returns to earth
in the form of rain. On earth, plants take MSM into their root systems
and concentrate it. MSM and the sulfur it contains is incorporated into
the plants' structure. Through the plants' metabolism, MSM,
along with other sulfur compounds it has spawned, is ultimately mineralized
and transported back to the sea.
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