Kal Magnesium Orotate--120 Vegcaps

Magnesium orotate is used to treat symptoms of magnesium deficiency, including diabetes, hypertension, dementia, and osteoporosis, and for treating migraines, asthma, chronic lung disease, and cardiac conditions such as heart attack and arrhythmias. Magnesium orotate has been reported to improve blood vessel elasticity, thereby inhibiting atherosclerosis, and lowering blood pressure. Competitive athletes use it to increase endurance.
Orotates are mineral salts of orotic acid — an intermediate in the biosynthesis of DNA and RNA in plants and animals. Orotates were studied clinically prior to 1980 by Hans Nieper, a physician, but have been largely ignored since then. Therefore, most of Niepers medical claims, and his theories about how orotates work, have yet to be rigorously tested. Nieper thought that orotate salts, being neutrally charged, pass easily through cell membranes. In effect, orotate ferries the mineral atoms into cells and tissues, allowing higher concentrations. Furthermore, orotic acid is believed to possess growth-promoting properties of its own.