I am reading the contents of the oatstraw:
.. high in vitamins A, C, B complex, LE, G..
I am unable to find on the Internet what LE refers to.
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$\begingroup$ What brand is this? It could be a way the company notates a particular chemical. $\endgroup$– user4076Commented Mar 16, 2014 at 10:45
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$\begingroup$ No idea, I just have access to the list of ingredients and unfortunately no more information. I have started thinking if they have missed the comma "," between L and E. Is there a vitamin L? Never heard of L. $\endgroup$– AlexCommented Mar 16, 2014 at 13:45
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$\begingroup$ "Vitamin L": micro.magnet.fsu.edu/vitamins/pages/anthranilic.html $\endgroup$– rchCommented Mar 17, 2014 at 0:42
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$\begingroup$ No problem; that being said I have no clue what LE is supposed to be... Seems a bit odd to have a missing both a comma and a space in a nutrient facts sheet. $\endgroup$– rchCommented Mar 18, 2014 at 9:43
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My answer will unfortunately have almost nothing to do with chemistry.
The quoted statement is BS, there's no vitamin LE.
This claim appears to appear on several web pages, the common source seems to be a post from an nutrition/herbal oriented mailing list from 1998:[1]
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OATSTRAW
Oatstraw as any livestock breeder will confirm, builds the strongest possible body, with the greatest resilience. Used extensively in European cultures throughout time for health and beauty, our country has let this valuable herb slide into disuse.
Contains: calcium. high in Vitamins A, C, B complex, LE, G, phosphorus, potassium, proteins.
Oatstraw contains Avenin, an amorphous alkaloid which is highly nutritive to cells, improving normal cellular reproduction.…
(also note e.g. that avenin is not an alkaloid but protein)
I have an evolution theory how the author could have made this typo, when (hopefully) compiling a literature:
… vitamins A, B complex, C, E, …
… vitamins A, B complex, C E, …
… vitamins A, B complex, CE, …
… vitamins A, B complex, LE, …
… vitamins A, C, B complex, LE, …
(Some intermediate forms might be purely hypothetical. An intermediate form “… vitamins A, B complex, C E, …” can be seen alive at the page mentioning oatstraw, at a different product though[2])
References:
- http://www.geocities.ws/chdigest/herbs/pages/apr1998
- https://www.healthylife-solutions.com/blog/2017/5/15/womens-herbal-tea-recipe
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1$\begingroup$ That's indeed quite plausible and may serve a great illustration to why choosing a good typeface is important (also, congrats on 4000 rep. :) ). $\endgroup$– andselisk ♦Commented Jan 16, 2019 at 13:18