If it sounds too good to be true... Just a quick review of the materials available from Noviguard shows some problems with the statements included in your post.
The FDA approval is for use as a surface sterilant. The FDA approval for the product states that it was approved because it is not significantly different from products on the market in 1974 when the yada, yada act took effect (read the approval letter on Noviguard's site for details). As for hosing down a patient with the stuff to kill MRSA - MRSA infections may occur in most any human tissue, not just on the skin. The FDA approval does not appear to approve Noviguard for use 'in vivo' at all - you can use it on medical instruments, wheelchairs, room cleaning, etc. Phenols in general *have* been used in the treatment of patients in wound sterilization, but cause significant irritation at therapeutic levels. If I remember correctly, the active ingredient in Listerine is a phenol as well. But still we're dealing with surface sterilization. Phenols are sometimes found in food, but not in sufficient quantity to have much impact. It isn't a terribly large molecule, but still much larger than oxygen, CO2, water, etc. I'm wondering just how it would find its way into a plant's tissue to kill, immobilize or slow down a virus. The meristem process was actually developed to obtain 'clean' cells before a virus has a chance to invade (potatoes were the subject matter) - 'stemming' an orchid to get virus-free clones is already a reality. I just don't see anything other than slick marketing here. David Janvrin >Message: 2 >Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 05:38:59 -0700 (PDT) >From: Geoff Frost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [OGD] NoviGuard >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > >Has anyone heard about this?flagship product NoviGuard? which is a unique >patented formula that creates a film which kills existing and newly introduced >germs including viruses, ... >? >The product is being used world-wide as a disinfectant. Its being used in >housing materials to prevent mold and mildew. The change in molecular >structure of the Phenol allow it to be used on plants and animals without >damage...licensed by the EPA, etc. > >Its been used in medicine on MRSA and other virulent wound infections and >stops it dead in its tracks without risks to the patient. > >On plants, it can be sprayed directly on bacterial and fungal infections and >destroys the pathogen outright. It can be sprayed on seedlings of all types to >stop damping-off. > >With orchids, it also can be sprayed on bacterial and fungal infections as >above. It can be sprayed on flowers to stop botrytis without damaging the >flowers. The "top guy" in the division of this multi-national company is also >an orchid grower. He has been doing extenstive experiments with orchid viruses >and the preliminary results have shown that the product "deactivates" orchid >viruses so they can no longer replicate in the plant tissue and the virus >particles are not translocated to new tissue. According to this report, the >new growths contain no virus. They test negative for virus. This includes new >growths in sympodial orchids, new leaves in monopodial orchids, as well as >inflorescences, and flowers. > >How long it stays this way, I'd like to know. The value may only be that the >new meristematic tissue can then be collected clean from valuable clones and >propagated. >? >Has anyone used this product and what has been the outcome? Any information >would be helpful. >? >Thanks, >Geoff > > _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
