Talk:Squalene

message: This section was out of date. On top of that, the references it cited had been updated since the article was last written, so that the article no longer reflected the material in the references, especially in regards to the WHO website. Updated this. Also, removed a bunch of material which inaccurately quoted the WHO website. Would like to add the position of the WHO back, but no time right now - felt it was better to have no information than complete misinformation. corvus.ag (talk) 04:50, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Health Controversy

message: Ackowledge that there is a controversy on the health effects of squalene, but keep the main emphasis on the chemical and biochemical aspects.  --tom (talk) 22:49, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Tone down the rhetoric

message: The stereochemistry of one of the alkenes in the 3-D structure of squalene is incorrect.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Phil Strucely (talk • contribs) 00:06, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Correct stereochemistry 

message: When I went to this link, I got a warning message from Google that it was a "Reported Attack Site!" 
I have deleted the url link (but not the article citation) from the article page and moved it here. I don't suggest anybody try it unless you're prepared to handle malware. 
Here's the link: 
http://www.avip2001.net/OfficialDocuments_files/Asa_squalene.pdf Antibodies to Squalene in Recipients of Anthrax Vaccine Experimental and Molecular Pathology 73, 19–27, 2002
Here's some of the message: 
http://safebrowsing.clients.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?client=Firefox&hl=en-US&site=http://www.avip2001.net/OfficialDocuments_files/Asa_squalene.pdf
What happened when Google visited this site?
Of the 7 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 4 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time Google visited this site was on 2009-06-29, and the last time suspicious content was found on this site was on 2009-06-29.
Malicious software includes 20 scripting exploit(s).
Malicious software is hosted on 1 domain(s), including gumblar.cn/.
This site was hosted on 1 network(s) including AS29873 (BIZLAND).
--Nbauman (talk) 18:06, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deleted URL, "Reported Attack Site!" 

message: I was very disappointed to be directed to "terpene" when I selected the link "triterpene". Unfree (talk) 18:38, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The terpene article was a redirect to triterpene. Without checking, I'm guessing that this article originally wikilinked to triterpene and at some point that was changed to wikilink directly to triterpene in order to avoid the redirect. I've boldly replaced the redirect at terpene with a stub and changed the wikilink. Wtmitchell  (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 23:12, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Triterpenes

message: This reads like an ad copy and contradicts the discussion about squalene in vaccines and the fact that it naturally occurs in the bloodstream as a cholesterol precursor.  In fact, the source article "articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/08/04/Squalene-The-Swine-Flu-Vaccines-Dirty-Little-Secret-Exposed.aspx " is largely bunk, linking to articles about disproven links to Gulf War Syndrome and Autism by vaccine.  In addition, the following source (http://www.amazon.com/Science-Behind-Squalene-Human-Antioxidant/dp/1890412953) seems much less appropriate than PubMed links.
(opinion) The whole section reads like a supplement proponent trying to validate their own use of squalene while still clinging to the belief that 'squalene == bad' and I think the whole section needs to be purged or rewritten. (/opinion)  Contributions/64.201.177.59 (talk) 15:19, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Heavy POV in section "Use as a food supplement"

message: Apparently, this compound is found in human vaginal fluids in appreciably higher concentrations than what humans of both sexes use in Vitamin D and cholesterol synthesis. At least, it sounds that way here . The Mysterious El Willstro (talk) 06:20, 27 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Special note on female humans 

message: Swedish and finnish studies have found a signifikant increase of narcolepsia in children who where vaccinated with pandemrix durind the swineflu.
They claim that the squalene is the cause.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.226.64.67 (talk) 06:01, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Narcolepsia 

message: The value of the melting point is reported as either -75 °C or -5 °C in many sources.  The -75 value seems dubiously low in comparison to other long chain hydrocarbons, but it is reported in normally reliable secondary sources including the Merck Index.  The precise value of -4.8 to -5.2 °C reported in the 1974 Angewandte Chemie paper seems the most reliable in my opinion, so I have put that one in the chembox.  -- Ed (Edgar181) 20:09, 3 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Melting point 

message: The structures of farnesyl pyrophosphate are missing an O in the pyrophosphate (between the two phosphorus atoms).
69.72.92.71 (talk) 06:32, 22 December 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I have now corrected the image.  Thanks for catching the error and reporting it here.  -- Ed (Edgar181) 13:46, 22 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Biosynthesis 

message: Substituted at 06:46, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment comment

message: Mercola is claiming that up to a half a million sharks will be killed to make enough squalene to create “satisfy a global supply of squalene-containing vaccines”. He quotes from a New Zealand Herald article which quotes the “California-based group Shark Allies”. 
If this is true, I will add a few sentences about how the manufacture of squalene has an impact on shark populations. 
I don’t know what percent of the worldwide shock population is impacted?
Is there an alternative to extracting squalene from dead sharks?
https://principia-scientific.com/a-half-million-sharks-to-be-killed-for-covid-19-vaccine/ Phersh (talk) 02:22, 10 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shark populations impacted by manufacturing squalene