>>In <757488B4258B2639.44D10A7A8F576A45.18BCAAEC5A6B8...@lp.airnews.net>,
>>the sagacious br...@pointecom.net Bryan Shelton perspicated:

>>> 3)  Probably the one thing that bothers me the most is the inclusion
>>> of the tocopherol acetate in the formula.  I can't see any possible
>>> function for this ingredient.  

>>Yeah, doesn't it need to have the acetate cleaved off in order for it to
>>be an antioxidant and doesn't that cleaving normally happen during
>>digestion?

>>It is my impression that only free form tocopherols provide preservative
>>protection of foods and medicines.

>Yes, absolutely!  The fact that they don't seem to know anything
>about this or the pyridoxal/pyridoxine issue makes me wonder what
>other mistakes they may have made in this product.  Sheesh!

>>>Moreover, if they are under the mistaken
>>> belief that this is serving as an antioxidant for the fatty acids, then this
>>> would cast doubt for me on the entire product.  If they are this clueless
>>> about tocopherol acetate, then I can't help but wonder what other
>>> mistakes they've made in the formulation and production of the product.

>>> The bottom line is that Revivogen costs almost five times as much as
>>> Crinagen, has lots of fatty acids that are probably unstable, has the
>>> "wrong" form of B6, and has a ridiculously ineffective form of vitamin E.

>>They both have Saw Palmetto. But, heck, that's easy to add to one's own
>>formulation. Crinagen has Azelaic acid as well.

>>Why the zinc as acetate hydrate in Crinagen?  Revivogen has it as sufate
>>and so does Prox N.

>I doubt that the specific zinc salt makes much of a difference,
>as long as there aren't solubility problems.

>Bryan