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A. Magnesium stick and the methods to generate hydrogen water in 500 ml bottles of drinking water. A plastic shelled product consisting of metallic magnesium (99.9% pure) and natural stones in the polypropylene containers combined with ceramics (Doctor SUISOSUI ® , Friendear, Tokyo, Japan) was used to produce hydrogen. The product was capable of generating hydrogen when placed in drinking water by the following chemical reaction; Mg + 2H2O → Mg (OH)2 + H2. B. Hydrogen concentrations in the water bottle (n = 3). The hydrogen concentration in a water bottle was maintained between 0.55 and 0.65 mM over an 8 week period. 

A. Magnesium stick and the methods to generate hydrogen water in 500 ml bottles of drinking water. A plastic shelled product consisting of metallic magnesium (99.9% pure) and natural stones in the polypropylene containers combined with ceramics (Doctor SUISOSUI ® , Friendear, Tokyo, Japan) was used to produce hydrogen. The product was capable of generating hydrogen when placed in drinking water by the following chemical reaction; Mg + 2H2O → Mg (OH)2 + H2. B. Hydrogen concentrations in the water bottle (n = 3). The hydrogen concentration in a water bottle was maintained between 0.55 and 0.65 mM over an 8 week period. 

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... product consisting of metallic magne- sium (99.9% pure) and natural stones in the polypropylene containers combined with ceramics (Doctor SUISOSUI ® , Friendear, Tokyo, Japan) was used to produce hydrogen. The product was capable of generating hydrogen when placed in drinking water by the following chemical reaction; Mg + 2H2O → Mg (OH)2 + H2 (Fig. 1). Hydrogen water sticks were dispensed at baseline and week 4 and used sticks were collected at week 4 and week 8 and compliance ...
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... is a possibility that the higher bilirubin levels are associated with the degradation of heme by heme oxygenase into equimolar quantities of biliverdin (bilirubin) and carbon monoxide (CO), while the central iron is released [28]. The induction of heme oxygenase (HO-1), which is the rate-limiting enzyme, catalyzes the degradation of heme [29]. Further studies are required to determine if hydrogen can induce HO-1. ...

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