[net.med] prunes

slb@drutx.UUCP (Sue Brezden) (08/15/85)

>>             I don't know what chemical is the active agent in prunes;
>>there was a claim a while ago that oxyphenisatin, a prescription laxative,
>>was somehow related to the agent in prunes 
>
>Can't you deal with this on a factual basis, if people eat prunes it increases
>the number of trips to the restroom.  Prunes seem to be harmless and eating
>them in excess seems to cause only more of the above condition.  Why must you
>find a chemical equivalent?  There is none.

No chemical equivalent?  I suppose they work through a "vital principle", 
huh?  AAAAAUUUUUGGGGGHHHHH!

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