fhlew wrote: > I share your anxiety over such possibilities. The > human system deals in > such a situation by mobilizing its enzyme.catalase,to catalyze H2O2 to > harmless > water and oxygen. Its botanical equivalence is peroxidase. The danger > materializes only when there is a congenital absence of the > enzyme,catalase. Please refer to these URLs if you care for more > information on the subject under discussion. > > Http://medic.med.uth.tmc.edu/path/catalase.htm > Http://www.accessexcellence.org/21st/TE/PW/EXP/ENZ/enz-fwd.html
That is the enzyme that causes H2O2 to bubble when put onto a scrape or cut. Can one not determine if they have the enzyme by whether it bubbles or not when this is done? Marshall
