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Discussion on Flax seed and Prostaglandin
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Posted on Wednesday, Aug 1, 2001 - 12:59 pm:
I was reading an information sheet on the health benifits of Flax seed oil for people. It mentioned that "Flax seed oil containes an unnamed substance that resembles Prostaglnadin E1". I was wondering if this might interfere with getting a mare pregnant.
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Posted on Thursday, Aug 2, 2001 - 5:05 am:
Of more interest to researchers has been the mildly estrogenic compounds found in flax seed or meal. However no work has been done on the use of these products in reproducing horses. Rats have been looked at fairly closely and so far flax is not thought to interfere with reproduction.
The prostaglandin that induces abortion is PG-F2a so probably the Pg-E1-like substance is not of any concern, but it would take research to know for sure.
DrO
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