Pioneers in ortho silicic acid

What is ortho silicic acid?

Ortho silicic acid is the most bioavailable form of silicon. Common synonyms for ortho silicic acid are monomeric silicic acid, mono silicic acid, tetrahydroxysilane and silicon tetra hydroxide.

Ortho silicic acid plays a crucial role in delivering silicon to the cells of living organisms and thus represents a major source of silicon for both humans and animals. Silicon is an important compound in environmental silicon chemistry and biology.

Silicon represents the third most abundant trace element in the human body. For example, it is present in:

• Skin, hair and nails
• Connective tissues (trachea, bone and muscles)
• Liver, heart, aorta and lungs

Silicon concentrations in the body decrease with age. It is therefore linked to several degenerative disorders.

What is the added value of ortho silicic acid to the human body?

Ortho silicic acid has many synergistic properties with many active substances which leads to:

• Increase bone mineral density (synergy with vitamin D)
• Collagen synthesis (by stimulation of osteoblast cells)
• Healthy elastic skin, hair and nails (increase hyaluronic acid and keratin proteins)
• Connective tissue function and repair (Silicon is a constituent of glycosaminoglycans and bound to the polysaccharide matrix)
• Detoxification of heavy metals(reduced aluminum absorption and toxicity)

What is the technique of stabilized ortho silicic acid?

In concentrated solutions, ortho silicic acid has to be stabilized to avoid its polymerization into poly silicic acids - like colloidal silicic acid - and eventually into silica gel, resulting in a decreased silicon bioavailability. This issue has been solved in the field of a chemical stabilization technology used in industrial- and pharmaceutical technology by use of a food grade ingredient.

Stabilized ortho silicic acid has been approved for human consumption, is known to be non-toxic and represents the most bioavailable source of silicon.

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