gardenvariety
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edible solvents for lanosterol tinctures/beverages
Does anyone know of a good substitute for ethanol for triterpenoids, especially ones that can solvate it in a majority aqueous solution? I'm trying
to formulate tinctures or teas but am hoping to not have to use ethanol.
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mr.crow
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I don't know what good lanosterol will do, but whatever you want
Your best bet would be to make a colloidal solution, like milk or cream. Perhaps dissolve in vegetable oil then homogenize it with normal milk
Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and caldron bubble
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I suspect that glycerol or propylene glycol would make a good solvent either neat or with water.
They are commonly used in the food industry as solvents.
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Olive oil + Ether. lol thats a really old one. Probably not very pleasant. I imagine lots of burps.
"Titanium tetrachloride…You sly temptress." --Walter Bishop
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