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  Squalene - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Squalene is a natural organic compound originally obtained for commercial purposes primarily from shark liver oil, though there are botanical sources as well, including rice bran, wheat germ, and olives.
Squalene is the biochemical precursor to the whole family of steroids.
Squalene is a low density compound often stored in the bodies of cartilaginous fishes such as sharks, which lack a swim bladder and must therefore reduce their body density with fats and oils.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Squalene   (231 words)

  
 Squalene   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Squalene, an isoprenoid compound structurally similar to beta-carotene, is an intermediate metabolite in the synthesis of cholesterol.
Squalene is not very susceptible to peroxidation and appears to function in the skin as a quencher of singlet oxygen, protecting human skin surface from lipid peroxidation due to exposure to UV and other sources of ionizing radiation.
Squalene feeding produced a significant increase in fecal excretion of cholesterol, its nonpolar derivatives, and bile acids, suggesting that, although cholesterol synthesis probably increased by as much as 50 percent, fecal elimination was also upregulated, resulting in no net effect on serum cholesterol concentrations.
www.thorne.com /altmedrev/fulltext/squalene4-1.html   (3441 words)

  
 Squalene   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Squalene, a 30-carbon isoprenoid, is a lipid found in large quantities in shark liver oil and in smaller amounts (0.1 to 0.7 %) in olive oil, wheat germ oil, rice bran oil and yeast.
In the blood, squalene is carried mainly in very-low-density lipoproteins and distributed to the various tissues of the body.
Squalene should not be confused with squalamine, which is an unusual steroid found in the dogfish shark and which has antibiotic properties.
gettingwell.com /drug_info/nmdrugprofiles/nutsupdrugs/squ_0240.shtml   (530 words)

  
 North Squalene, Living Synergy Inc. - Quality Health Supplements, Custom Blending, Custom Nutriceuticals
Squalene is a poly-unsaturated hydrocarbon liquid (C30 H50) which occurs naturally, ubiquitously in human tissue in small amounts.
Squalene is good cholesterol that is made up of high density lipid (HDL) which prevents the hardening of blood vessels and deposition of cholesterol plaques.
Squalene carries oxygen in the cellular level, causing further improvement in organ function through cellular metabolism, preventing the acidotic cell syndrome where cells become acidic, deteriorate and die due to lack of oxygen.
www.livingsynergy.com /squaln.htm   (632 words)

  
 Statins Inhibit Squalene Synthesis
Squalene accumulates at the greatest concentrations in the skin, where it appears to play a vital role in quenching free radical oxygen (oxygen singlets), preventing the harmful effects of lipid peroxidation.
Squalene also appears to play a similar role in the retina, where it is known to play some kind of important function.
Squalene also does wonders for the skin topically, although shark liver oil is not practical to use for this because of its fishy smell.
www.cholesterol-and-health.com /Squalene.html   (474 words)

  
 Soft-E-Lotion™ - Squalene for Skin Care
Squalene oil is used in some of the world's most distinguished beauty products today and is prized for its unique attributes when used on the skin.
Squalene is also synthesized in the human liver, however, a deficiency of squalene can result in dry skin and premature aging resulting in wrinkles and fine lines.
Squalene is biocompatible with the skin and has a similar molecular structure to the squalene secreted by the skin's oil glands making it an ideal healthy ingredient in lotions and creams.
www.softecare.com /Ingredients/squalene.cfm   (278 words)

  
 SQUALENE MONOOXYGENASE
Studies in my laboratory are directed at generating structural and biochemical information on squalene monooxygenase that will help us to understand its mechanism of action, its interaction with other proteins in the cell, and its inhibition by tellurium- and selenium-containing compounds.
Squalene epoxidase; a flavoprotein monooxygenase located on the endoplasmic reticulum.
Inhibition of Squalene Monooxygenase by Tellurium and Selenium
www.uky.edu /Pharmacy/ps/porter/squalene_monooxygenase.htm   (260 words)

  
 Mother Nature Health Products - Squalene
Squalene is an extract from sharks that habitat in frolics in cool, clean deep-sea of southern ocean waters fully derived.
Squalene manufactured and processed in Australian is known for its purity and high quality also found to be extremely low in heavy metals.
Squalene is the mainspring of the shark’s lively survival under the harsh and stressful deep-sea environment.
www.mothernaturehealth.com.au /squalene.html   (360 words)

  
 Squalene: 99.5% Pure Australian Squalene Oil
Squalene is widely found in nature and sources include olives, palm oil and wheat germ oil.
Squalene is a major component of human skin surface lipids (or oils).
Squalene can also be used directly on the skin by squeezing the oil from the soft-gel capsules as needed.
www.lifetimehealth.com /squalene.asp   (250 words)

  
 Squalene - Wellness Resources - Improve Dry or Cracking Skin
Squalene’s unique ability to transport oxygen everywhere in the human body and restore tissue oxygenation and absorb toxins is believed to be its primary method of operation.
Squalene has these unique abilities because the oil is naturally a major factor in skin lubrication as well as providing germ killing activity when it is properly concentrated in the skin.
Squalene is a unique oil that has many potential health benefits, ranging from skin health, as an antioxidant that protects against radiation, pesticides, and chemicals, and as an effective way to keep all body tissue healthier by enhancing oxygen transport.
www.wellnessresources.com /catalog/Squalene.htm   (1228 words)

  
 Squalene still used, author says
Squalene is a fat-like substance that occurs naturally in the body.
She already has published two studies during the last four years that show antibodies to squalene in troops who received the anthrax vaccine.
The Food and Drug Administration found squalene in samples of specific lots that were sent to Dover in June of 1999 but didn't announce their findings until September 2000.
www.infowars.net /Pages/Oct_04/241004_squalene.html   (755 words)

  
 Issho Genki Squalene iP6
Squalene can also be found in olives, green and leafy vegetables, and wheat germ, but only in minute quantities, which are insufficient to replenish the much-needed isoprenoid as a person ages.
Squalene is pasteurized, processed and encapsulated as a separate substance from shark liver oil.
Squalene is present in olives in minimal quantities not enough to provide the needed isoprenoids in the body.
www.fishoilandomega3.co.uk /Products/issho_genki_squalene_ip6.htm   (2310 words)

  
 Squalene - Over 98% Pure
Squalene is said to be useful in fighting cancer, both as an antioxidant, and as a potentiator or chemotherapeutic agent.
Squalene occurs in human tissue in small amounts, and also (0.1 to 0.7%) in olive oil, wheat germ oil, rice, bran oil and yeast.
The presence of such large quantities of squalene in deep sea sharks helps to explain their ability to survive in an environment that is very harsh and oxygen poor.
hwize.com /health_information_files/squalene?hwindex&...   (538 words)

  
 American International Relief- helping people worldwide
Squalene is an individually resolved component of Aizame shark liver oil.
The antitumor activities of these anticancer agents combined with Squalene were tested against sarcoma 180 ascite cells.’0 The combination of anticancer agents with membrane-active agents is useful because it can overcome drug resistance and inhibit the development of drug resistant tumors.
Squalene functions in our body as part of the detoxifying system and may help to protect the body against foreign substances that can weaken or cause damage to our natural defensive system.
www.airelief.org /squalene.html   (993 words)

  
 Squalene   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The richest source of Squalene is found in the livers of Aizame shark in South Pacific.
Squalene is an extract of shark liver oil.
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www.eigusa.com /squalene.htm   (172 words)

  
 MVEC - Mycoplasma and Squalene Discussion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Squalene, an orgamic polymer which occurs naturally in the human body, is, in remanufactured form, an adjuvant, or vaccine "booster," used in several experimental vaccines.
Squalene appears to be highly reactive when injected, although not as reactive when ingested orally.
Although the Dept. of Defense denied the presence of Squalene in the anthrax vaccine for many years, the FDA tested several lots for the presence of the adjuvant, and found it - in varying levels.
www.milvacs.org /Sick/Mycoplasm.cfm   (896 words)

  
 Amaranth Amaranthoel Amaranthus caudatos: Amaranthus Info
Squalene is a matter which takes the oxygen and brings it to the organs of the organism.
Squalene was first isolated from the liver of a shark, but it is also found naturally in the skin of humans.
Squalene is said to have properties that ward off cancer producing substances in the body.
amaranth.twoday.net /topics/Amaranthus+Info   (1281 words)

  
 Squalene
Squalene is an extract of shark liver oil from the Aizame shark whose natural Pacific habitat is in unpolluted ocean depths of 3,000 feet in 35 degree waters.
Because Squalene is easily absorbed it penetrates the cell membranes and plays a versitile role as an antioxident in the cells of the body's organs.
Squalene is an important factor with the defensive systems of the body.
www.portalmarket.com /squaline.html   (285 words)

  
 VitaSprings.com - Squalene 1000mg 100 Softgels, Squalene Shark Liver Oil Discount! Whole Sale Price
Squalene is a unique oil that has many potential health benefits, ranging from skin health, as an antioxidant that protects against radiation, pesticides, and chemicals, and Squalene oil supplement is an effective way to keep all body tissue healthier by enhancing oxygen transport.
Squalene is a powerful antioxidant that can scavenge free radicals from the body before they start their debilitationg effects.
Squalene Shark Liver Oil acts as an intermediate in the biosynthesis of cholesterol and is an oily substance that helps deliver oxygen to the cell tissues that need it.
www.vitasprings.com /squalene-shark-liver-oil.html   (818 words)

  
 FDA tests find squalene in anthrax vaccine
However, because animal studies have shown that squalene adjuvants may generate unwanted side effects, including autoimmune versions of arthritis, multiple sclerosis and other conditions, the FDA has never approved the general use of any vaccine containing squalene in the United States.
This conclusion was vehemently contested by Pentagon officials, who maintained that squalene was never used in the making of the anthrax vaccine, and that even it were present, it would not cause soldiers to become sick.
While the exact amount of squalene found in the vaccines was termed "miniscule" by Bacon, the fact that any squalene was found was more than enough to irritate Representative Jack Metcalf (R-WA), an opponent of the military's mandatory anthrax vaccination program.
www.chiroweb.com /archives/18/24/06.html   (1002 words)

  
 What Is Squalene?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Squalene is a natural molecule that government and private researchers have tested in vaccines to make them more effective.
FLUAD, a flu vaccine containing squalene, has been approved in Italy and is being considered for approval in all of Europe.
Some officials involved in the decision no longer work for the Pentagon, declined to be interviewed or could not be located, the GAO said.
home.att.net /~vetcenter/whatsqua.htm   (223 words)

  
 Squalene Oil
Interest in its medical and cosmeto-dermatological significance was intensified when squalene was found in human sebaceous secretions, as a precursor of cholesterol, and when its possible anti-carcinogenic effect was described.
Squalene, a by-product of natural Vitamin A commercial production, also is converted on its biochemical path to cholesterol sysnthesis, into 7-dehydrocholesterol, which on irradiation becomes Vitamin D. The very limited percutaneous absorption of Vitamin A in enhanced when the vitamin is dissolved in squalene.
Squalene can form peroxides on exposure to air, while Squalane is stable to air and oxygen.
www.portalmarket.com /shark.html   (1198 words)

  
 Vaccines May Be Linked to Gulf War Syndrom
A naturally occurring molecule, squalene is produced by the human liver and plays a role in the metabolism of cholesterol.
While large-scale studies have yet to be conducted in humans, animal studies have shown that squalene adjuvants may generate autoimmune versions of arthritis and multiple sclerosis type-conditions that attack the body from within.
To see whether squalene antibodies might be a marker for other types of autoimmune diseases, the researchers also tested groups of patients with lupus and chronic fatigue syndrome, as well as a small sample from the general population.
www.chiroweb.com /archives/18/13/04.html   (1190 words)

  
 Squalene - The miracle of squalene or shark liver oil is that it helps and prevents cancer and modern diseases.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Squalene - The miracle of squalene or shark liver oil is that it helps and prevents cancer and modern diseases.
As a consequence, it was found that Squalene with the living body stimulates metabolism by supplying oxygen to the tissues and that exhibits a great force in the revival of body tissues.
Squalene treats the body by providing oxygen to the cells and removing toxins from the body.
www.ertcoinc.com /2866   (1050 words)

  
 Unknown News
Squalene boosts a vaccine's effect, but some scientists say injecting even trace amounts of it into the body can cause serious illness.
Some scientists say the pattern of squalene concentration could indicate that the military was measuring the troops' response to different dosages.
The military has never retested its stockpile of vaccine for squalene, claiming that, even if the amounts of squalene detected by the FDA were accurate, the concentrations were too low to affect human health.
www.unknownnews.org /041014stt.html   (4617 words)

  
 Shark Liver Oil Squalene for cholesterol reduction & energy - Alberon.com
Shark Liver Oil Extract acts as an intermediate in the biosynthesis of cholesterol which helps to reduce levels of cholesterol in the body and so is useful for those with heart disease and high blood pressure.
Squalene is an oily substance that helps deliver oxygen to cell tissues that need it.
Shark liver oil squalene is a remarkable natural health supplement that has aided sufferers of hepatitis, arthritis, heart disease, psoriasis, and numerous other ailments.
www.alberon.com /product.cfm?ID=21   (259 words)

  
 Squalene Test Reports
The level of squalene identified by the FDA test is so minute that it was likely introduced by lab workers performing the tests for squalene (e.g., from human fingerprints not fully washed off the lab equipment).
The FDA found squalene at 10 to 83 parts per billion in various lots of anthrax vaccine.
The trace level of squalene found by the FDA in anthrax vaccine is less than the concentration naturally present in human blood (250 parts per billion).
www.anthrax.osd.mil /resource/lots/squalene.asp   (316 words)

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