Talk:Methylglyoxal

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I removed this inline comment: "[Something wrong here--cysteine residues do not have a free amino group (unless it's at the end of the protein, just as with any amino acid)]" and took out the reference to cysteine as part of the process of producing AGE's. John Duncan 12:21, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

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I added an unreferenced template because I did not see any sources for the article and the linked article (AGE) did not appear to have any specific information that would help this article.John Duncan 12:25, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Methylglyoxal Antiviral, and Found in Manuka Honey
It is worth mentioning in the article that methylglyoxal has recently been identified as an antiviral, and is found in Manuka honey. In fact, some Manuka honey manufactures are now using the measure "MGO" to indicate the quantity of methylglyoxal in their honey; eg: "MGO 400" means there is 400 mg of methylglyoxal per Kg of honey. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Drgao (talk • contribs) 15:48, 2 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Methylglyoxal in Manuka honey has been researched for its anti-bacterial, not anti-viral, properties. See Mavric, E., et al. Identification and quantification of methylglyoxal as the dominant antibacterial constituent of Manuka (Leptospermum scoparium) honeys from New Zealand. Mol. Nutr. Food Res. 2008, 52, 000 – 000208.181.60.173 (talk) 22:34, 28 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Methylglyoxal would appear to have both antibacterial and antiviral properties, though not much data is yet available on its precise antiviral action: see here :http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16740366  Drgao (talk) 07:16, 31 March 2011 (UTC)
 * “Not much” in an understatement. The link has no useful information about this topic whatsoever, as far as I can tell. It’s basically just an extremely pretentious way of commenting “Dunno” while making it look credible and like a source. ^^ 2A0A:A547:3817:1:64B4:6E76:CEE9:D0C8 (talk) 16:45, 12 July 2023 (UTC)
 * It is also worth mentioning, that just because it acts antiviral in the honey, doesn’t mean it does any of that after having been though the extremely destructive process of digestion, let alone in the blood. That’s something that needs to be shown separately, in the human body. Making it merely an esoteric scam otherwise. — 2A0A:A547:3817:1:64B4:6E76:CEE9:D0C8 (talk) 16:42, 12 July 2023 (UTC)

Information addition
I'm looking to contribute to this page as well as the N(6)-Carboxymethyllysine, and AGE page. I was hoping for some recommendations on what is needed for these articles, and some possible formatting advice. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anthpulido (talk • contribs) 03:02, 1 April 2015 (UTC)
 * As requested here is some advice: 1) Do not cite yourself or your friends. 2) cite secondary sources only (reviews, books). Keeping those key attributes in mind, you should be fine.  Dont worry about format, others, including bots, deal with that.  Key is broad info. --Smokefoot (talk) 03:05, 1 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you! Also, is there any content that is desirable in this page or pages like it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anthpulido (talk • contribs) 06:04, 2 April 2015 (UTC)
 * I was wondering if I could any advice on how to make the chem boxes (sources, images, connecting. Thank you!Anthpulido (talk) 04:57, 9 April 2015 (UTC)

Chemical abstracts report
get references (7139)>refine "Journal Review" (5974)>refine "2000-" (4006)>refine "2018-" (444)>refine "Review" (21). Translation: 5974 journal and review articles have appeared on MGO, 4006 since the year 2000, 444 since 2018. 21 reviews have appeared since  2018. Wikipedia articles on this heavily studied compound should rely on secondary sources.--Smokefoot (talk) 13:47, 17 August 2019 (UTC)