Vitamin U - metilmetioninsulfoniya chloride (antiulcer vitamin)

Vitamin U - metilmetioninsulfoniya chloride (antiulcer vitamin). The first vitamin was discovered in 1949 in a fresh raw juice of cabbage. Currently, he is isolated from the many vegetables (cabbage - 80-85 mg%, green celery - 38 mg%, the shoots of asparagus - 100 to 160 mg%, parsley leaf, onions, lettuce, carrots, peppers, turnips, tomatoes) some fruits, cereals, fresh milk, raw egg yolks, animal and vegetable fats. The ability of the raw vegetable juices inhibit the development of ulcerative process in the stomach (first experiment).

Later established presence in these food plants antiulcer factor with an activated form of methionine (metilmetioninsulfoniya chloride) and a high energy level, which was named vitamin U. Metilmetioninsulfoniya chloride (vitamin U) has a positive effect on the function of the stomach, intestines, liver, gallbladder (exhibits anti-inflammatory, pain medication, wound-healing effect).

This drug is an active donor of methyl groups. Metiliruya histamine, he turns it into an inactive form, thereby reducing the secretory function of gastric glands, pain control and damping of ulcerative process in it. However, biological research and clinical observation have shown higher efficiency pure raw vegetable juices, in particular the cabbage than pharmacological preparation - metilmetioninsulfoniya chloride produced by the pharmaceutical industry.

It was found that the content of vitamin U in plants depends on the conditions, growing location, time of harvest, their preservation and storage. There where a lot of sunny days (in the southern regions), the content of this vitamin is much higher. Vitamin U is easily oxidized and destroyed by heat, but good resistance to drying and cooling. Apply vitamin in gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer, chronic gastritis with normal and high acidity, gastralgiyah, chronic cholecystitis, ulcerative colitis.