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You can also try the PubMed link at the top
of the page. Use thiotic acid with the word mercury
There as well as lipoic acid, as thiotic acid is the
Alternate name often used in scientific papers.

Some lay sites are not reliable and paraphrase others
Sometimes incorrectly. Another good reference is
Linus Pauling institute at Oregon university.

I am on an iPhone and typing is difficult and I don't know
how to copy links yet.

If you search lipoic acid here you will find other discussions
about this topic.