Ivan Anderson wrote: The interaction of colloidal metals with erythrocytes.
> J Inorg Biochem, 56: 4, 1994 Dec, 283-90 > > Abstract > The interactions of citrate reduced colloids (Ag, Au, and Bi) with > intact erythrocytes and erythrocyte lysate have been studied by 1H > spin echo NMR. Silver colloid is observed to induce cellular depletion > of cytosolic glutathione and bismuth colloid induces cytosolic > glutathione oxidation in the intact cell. In comparison, there is no > detectable effect with gold colloid. With red cell lysate the three > colloids all remove glutathione from the spectrum. The metal salts > AgNO3 and NaAuCl4 both oxidize intracellular glutathione to > diglutathione whereas BiO(NO3) has no effect. Thus colloidal > preparations have a different reactivity to their parent metal salts. > The differences observed between the three types of colloids (silver, > gold, and bismuth) are unique to the colloids studied. None of the > colloids studied were biologically inert in the erythrocyte model > used. I wonder if one should take selenium with CS then to replace the cytosolic glutathione which is apparently an antioxidant. Marshall -- 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] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
