silver ions are toxic to microbes and animal cells and immune cells.  If you are trying to kill microbes, the trick is to reduce silver toxicity to animal cells while maintaining or increasing the toxicity to microbial cells.

Once silver gets through the gut epithelium, likely broken down as ions because even something as small as nanoparticles do  not easily get through the gut,  the silver will undergo changes in the blood and lymph system.  Sometimes re forming into nanoparticles, silver also becomes covered in proteins.  The lymphocytes try to gobble up the toxic silver and appear to be reduced in number, destroyed in the process of phagocytosis.  The immune system is altered with silver (n increase in CD4+/CD8+ T cell distribution, a decrease in NK and NKT cell distribution  and an increased CD4+:CD8+ ratio ).

Silver depresses the proliferation of lymphocytes while stimulating phagocytosis as well as the "respiratory burst" of granulocytes and monocytes. The respiratory burst is a rapid increase in the production of reactive oxygen species.  Those reactive oxygen species are destructive to all kinds of cells. Microbial as well as human cells are destroyed

The situation is so complex that it is outside any simple summary or conclusion.   The silver is already undergoing major changes in the digestive system, ionized, complexed with bacteria polysacharides, rolled up in bile. More changes occur inside the blood and lymph, exposure to sun,  the pH of the fluids, and influences beyond easy grasp.


thanks

Max


On 9/9/2021 5:21 AM, Ode Coyote wrote:
I'm saying IONS are what kill the pathogens and they are easy to make.
"Particles" are not easy to make and have to release ions in order to work
...skip that step...ya think?

On Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 12:44 PM Jean Baugh <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

    Hi,

    So you are saying CS is good but you think nanoparticles are better?

    Is it much more difficult to make CS NP?

    Thank you,

    Jean

    On Tue, Sep 7, 2021 at 11:53 PM Phil Morrison
    <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:


        CS NPs are far superior at killing pathogens than ionic silver.

        And gaslighters flogging EIS on this Forum should take their
        business elsewhere.