----- Original Message ----- From: Marshall Dudley <mdud...@execonn.com>
Thanks for this Marshall, Its great to see a vendor interested in establishing and publishing such research. > Although the common wisdom is that CS only kills bad bacteria, testing > that we have had done at the University of Tennessee over the last few > months indicates that this is incorrect. We found that CS kills both > aerobic (good) as well as bad (anaerobic) bacteria pretty well equally. > Since many bacteria can convert between the two types at will > (polymorphic), this is really a plus. This is not surprising to us on the list. See the threads on repopulating the bowel. Many of the "facts" found out there are only half truths. However it is misleading to say that aerobic = good bacteria. Most of the pathogens used (and disabled :-) ) in Andrew Sloops recent post are aerobes, both Gram negative (negatively charged) and Gram positive and are problem microbes in our society. > What we found was the CS is only effective when in a liquid medium, ie. > in the stomach, or blood stream, or applied topically in liquid form. > If we used CS in a gel or solid matrix (ie. agar agar), it was basically > ineffective against all bacteria, good and bad...<snip> Do you mean that you applied a CS containing gel to the same media as you applied liquid CS? We have found that CS is only ineffective when applying discs to agar because the CS will not 'wet' the agar or migrate though the medium and hence has no zone of inhibition. If a swab saturated with CS is wiped across the medium, a different result is found. I notice in your research paper you state: "It has been determined specifically that oxygen reacts with anaerobic bacteria and viruses with the sulfhydryl (-S-H) groups surrounding the surface. It removes the hydrogen (converting it to water) so that the sulfur atoms form an -R-S-S-R bond. This interferes with the organism' s transport or membrane proteins and deactivates them.(5)" I think you will find that silver acts similarly, rather than having a catalytic effect (a catalyst takes no part in a reaction). Silver ions form 'reversible bonds with enzymes and other active molecules on the surface of cells. The active sites on enzymes which are effected by the biologically active ionic form of silver, are the electron rich -SH groups. Due to its sulphydral binding propensity, biologically available silver disrupts membranes, disables proteins and inhibits enzymes.' There are other points I would like you to expand upon if possible. 1. You say the pathogen is oxidised and in this way killed. Does this mean that the pathogen is killed by the loss of electrons? 2. You say also that: "Silver is a catalyst. Thus, as soon as a particle of silver has oxidised a pathogen, the pathogen loses its' negative charge and floats away, and the silver is free to attack another pathogen." If the pathogen loses its negative charge (oxidised) this must mean that the silver ion has gained an electron and is reduced, to elemental silver. Can you expand? Thanks Ivan -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@id.net>
