Guest guest Posted October 27, 2002 Report Share Posted October 27, 2002 I am wondering today what the suffix gluconate means. I've been experiencing horrific leg cramps on account of my low carb diet and have been told to supplement with potassium. the supplements I have been taking are called potassium gluconate and say that they have 90 mg of potassium. But what is the gluconate? I am worried that it is a sugar. Please reply if you have any idea about this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 27, 2002 Report Share Posted October 27, 2002 You might need to be careful. I take Postassium, each tablet containing (as per label), Elemental Potassium (Citrate)... 99mg. I went a searching and I found a product, probably similar to yours. (Hopefully the link doesn't get broken, if so, you'll have to paste it into your browser). <ttp://www.drugstore.com/qxp75247_333199_sespider/rite_aid/natural_potassium_glu\ conate_99_mg_tablets.htm> If you look at the bottom of the page under ingredients, the first ingredient is Dextrose! I'm no expert, but I wouldn't take it myself. in ON -----Original Message----- From: Ann Giacometti [mailto:annmalia@...] I am wondering today what the suffix gluconate means. I've been experiencing horrific leg cramps on account of my low carb diet and have been told to supplement with potassium. the supplements I have been taking are called potassium gluconate and say that they have 90 mg of potassium. But what is the gluconate? I am worried that it is a sugar. Please reply if you have any idea about this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 27, 2002 Report Share Posted October 27, 2002 Hi, The following is the only real definition that I could get anywhere. I hope this helps. You may want to ignore some of the medical jargon. No. Gluconate is the acid form of glucose, a sugar. They might get >>it from starch, but once it's broken down, it's not starch by >>definition. > >No. Gluconic acid is the acid form. Gluconate is either an ester or a >salt. You're right, of course. Potassium gluconate is the potassium salt of gluconic acid, analogous to the salts of other better known carboxylic acids, like acetate and lactate. Or the salts of larger fatty acids that make up soaps. Gluconic acid is basically glucose with the aldehyde -CO-H function oxidized to the acid -CO-OH. This compound is very hard to prepare in solid crystaline form, so you see it commercially as 50% solutions, or else as the salt, in this case R-COO- K+ , where R is the rest of the sugar. > I am wondering today what the suffix gluconate means. I've been experiencing > horrific leg cramps on account of my low carb diet and have been told to > supplement with potassium. the supplements I have been taking are called > potassium gluconate and say that they have 90 mg of potassium. But what is > the gluconate? I am worried that it is a sugar. Please reply if you have any > idea about this. > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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