Talk:Hydroxycitric acid

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06-22-15 while there are inferior products that may be dangerous and include questionable ingredients, studies have found HCA to be both safe and effective for weight loss. I have added links to these studies. Quality and effectiveness of HCA is related to the quality of the source and manufacturer. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.172.75.158 (talk) 23:18, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

Rewrite
Since this article has remained a collection of unsourced content for over a year, I rewrote the article from scratch with statements sourced to the scientific literature. If any of the unsourced statements from the previous version can be referenced to reliable sources, they can be added back in. --Ed (Edgar181) 18:40, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

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20141112: NT Hydroxycut and hydroxyaitric acid are/maybe related to liver damage and jaundice. There are back and forth opinion switching. In 2009 hydroxycitric acid was a major culprit, but as of 2014 is on sale OTC in many places. Did FDA and public forgot the lesson? Alternatively, HCA may be not as bad alone, but in Hydroxicut was combined with chromium, green tea and who-knows-what else, making the pills dangerous. As of 2014 there are articles that claim HCA is completely innocent: go figure! --

Isomers?
How many isomers are there of this chemical? I can see two chiral carbons. Which ones occur in Garcinia? Which ones have biochemical effects? 115.64.142.162 (talk) 00:39, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

I've found out this info, and some other stuff. Have used this reference: Jena et al 2002, Chemistry and Biochemistry of (−)-Hydroxycitric Acid from Garcinia, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 50(1):10-22.

For some reason, this appears twice, as reference 2 and reference 3 - I can't figure out why. If someone can fix this, it would be good. 115.64.142.162 (talk) 01:44, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

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Substituted at 18:35, 29 April 2016 (UTC)