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> Finally, Peter Lindemann reports in his 1997 > article,'Colloidal Silver, A Closer Look' that a > study conducted in part by the Institute of > Microbiology in Rome, Italy and published in > 'Applied Environmental Microbiology (Dec. 1992), > stated that "Pure electro-colloidal silver > outperformed silver nitrate, silver chloride, and > silver sulfadiazine as a broad spectrum germicide. > For all classes of bacteria, fungus, and mold > sample tested, pure electro-colloidal silver > worked better, and at much lower concentrations. > They concluded that any additives reduced the > effectiveness of the pure silver ion; the silver > salts being as much as 100 times less effective." > I found the paper in Appl. Environ. Microbiol. Dec 1992, 3834-3836, 58 (12). I search all journals for all 4 individual authors subsequent to 12/1992 but could find only one subsequent article on silver by any of the authors 'Antimicrobial activity of electrochemical silver ions in nonionic surfactant solutions and in model dispersions'. J. Pharm. Pharmacol 1996, jan; 48(1): 60-3. In the abstracts of both papers no Ag+ concentration is given. .Both papers are consistent with the known fact that ionic silver is a mild antiseptic. Neither paper seems to have triggered any more investigations. -- 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: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
