Caprylic acid is a saturated fatty acid containing eight carbon atoms, making it one of the family known as medium-chain fatty acids. Test tube and animal research has shown caprylic acid to have antibacterial, 1 antiviral, 2 and antifungal properties.
BSA began in June 1861 in the Gun Quarter, Birmingham, England founded specifically to manufacture guns by machinery. It was formed by a group of fourteen gunsmith members of the Birmingham Small Arms Trade Association.
Bone Mineral Densitometry. Synonym/acronym: DEXA, DXA, SXA, QCT, RA, ultrasound densitometry. Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA, DXA): Two x-rays of different energy levels measure bone mineral density and predict risk of fracture. Single-energy x-ray absorptiometry (SXA): A single-energy x-ray measures bone density at peripheral sites.