MSM Shows Protective Effect in First Equine Study

by: Stacey Oke, DVM, MSc
In the first peer-reviewed, published study to evaluate the effects of the nutritional supplement methylsulfonylmethane (MSM) in horses, Spanish researchers found that MSM exerted a protective effect against the detrimental physiologic changes that occur during exercise. "During exercise, free radicals such as nitric oxide and carbon monoxide are generated that are highly damaging to ...