Stryc-9 said:Usnic acid has a similar mechanism as DNP....I think what it does is uncouple ATP synthesis in brown adipose tissue - the by-product being HEAT, HEAT, and um, more HEAT.
Like DNP, too much of this in the wrongs hands (i.e., morons who subscribe to the theory that "if a small amount works, a larger amount must work better") will quite literally COOK you from the inside out (i.e., you will die). Play safe!
Yeah, Usnate is an ATP uncoupler, like DNP. I am not sure why there are more reported cases of hepatoxicity, or why people think it is worse than DNP. I would have to guess that (I have only found a few cases in the literature of fulminant liver failure, and a case in 2004 was the first reported case of one linked directly to pure usnate) ... The amt of people who used usnate since it was legal and OTC versus DNP is huge ... My guess is this is simply a reporting bias. It's like this: tylenol causes far more deaths per year due to liver failure than 17-aa ... would you say its "harder" on the liver? Nope, its reporting bias.
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