Stuart, Frank, Bob, I do not think that the idea that there can be a protective effect by the binding of proteins to silver ions is valid. There may be some sublingual absorption of silver, given that the silver binds to transport proteins, but the amount of saliva is small, and the concentration of proteins whilst large in variants is small in concentration...less than 1% of plasma. Therefore most of the silver will progress to the stomach, and we have been here before!
It is obvious to my mind, that silver ions are absorbed in the upper intestine (by methods including those mentioned by Stuart) and follow the same route as other ions such as copper and calcium. When they cross the basal membrane of the intestinal lumen and emerge in the plasma most will be attached to proteins such as albumin and metallothionine, and are available to interact with molecules which are attractive enough to relieve the proteins of its cargo (so to speak). This might include groups found on the cells walls of pathogens. Otherwise the are transported throughout the body and ultimately excreted. The fact that silver ions complex with chloride is neither here nor there in my opinion, and while finding the exact method of absorption is a stimulating pursuit ;-) the outcome will not be changed by it. By the way, Stuart, I looked at the information given at the link you supplied (http://www.health2us.com/transport.htm), and found a paragraph written by me on another list is quoted word for word (twice! with no reference), and I thought no one was listening. Regards Ivan. > -----Original Message----- > From: Frank Key [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, 22 May 2001 10:52 > To: Silver List > Subject: CS>Saliva Experiment Results > > > While not a rigorous scientific experiment, this simple experiment was > devised to test the theory that saliva contains proteins that will > prevent the silver ions in colloidal silver from combining with > chloride. > > The experiment was conducted on 21 May 2001 at the Colloidal Science > Laboratory and the results have been photographically recorded and > presented with the results. > > The results can be viewed at: > > http://www.silver-colloids.com/Reports/experiment/SalivaExperiment.html > > > frank key > > > -- > 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]> >
