On Sat, 13 Oct 2001 14:17:06 -0400, matesz <[log in to unmask]> wrote:


>Can you explain waht it is in sesame seeds that you think/read will affect
>the activity of delta-5-desaturase enzyme or beneficial prostaglandins
>favorably?
>

See: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?A2=ind0005&L=paleofood&P=R2050

"... Sesamin is a specific inhibitor of delta 5 desaturation, the
 conversion from dihomo-gamma-linolenic acid &#040;20&#058;3,
 n-6&#041; to arachidonic acid..."

That's it, exactely.
Sesame oil is like many other vegetable oils of very high w-6 percentage.
Therefore you would have to mix it 4:1 with flax oil, to achieve a proper
balance.

But sesamin would change the picture. The main benefit of all the w-3 for
prostaglandin direction do exactely what sesamin does.

Amadeus