Dianne, My last response was short because I wanted to be under the message size limit. Just to give you more info on silver chelates in general, here is a study on the effectiveness of silver chelation with glutamic and tartaric acids: http://jac.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/54/2/546 I have no data on the safety of ingesting of these chelates although my guess is that they are safe. Here is a study on the effectiveness of silver citrate:
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2590638 <http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2590638> : Relative to the compound below and the patent I referenced in my previous response, you can indeed make it. The patent tells you how. If it were me, I would only consider the EDTA chelate because I know EDTA it is safe to take internally. I do not know about the other compound. However, there is one problem with EDTA. EDTA is a fairly large molecule and because of this only about 10 percent of any EDTA taken orally actually passes through the intestinal wall and into the bloodstream. I would expect a silver/EDTA chelate to be slightly larger and that may yet reduce the bioavailability of the chelate. If I were to make it, I would consider modifying the method to use another source of silver ions such as EIS or silver oxide. I hope Marshall is back on the list and he or Ode comment. - Steve N ________________________________ From: Dianne France [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 7:04 AM To: silver-list Subject: CS>Chelated Silver I copied the following from a web site. There has been a lot about chelated silver in our magazines and wanted to know how to make it if it can be made at home? Has anyone had any experience making Chelated Silver? Does it have draw backs that our cs doesn't? Dianne Chelated Silver(tm) is silver ions in solution. It is vastly different from the silver-based dietary supplement products known as colloidal silver <http://nccam.nih.gov/health/silver/#> , which is silver in suspension. In colloidal silver, finely divided particles of elemental silver are randomly floating in suspension in water and are not evenly dispersed. In CHELATED SILVER(tm), ions of pure, crystallized silver nitrate are chemically bonded to nonmetallic ions, and are therefore evenly dispersed throughout the solution. This bonding in solution considerably enhances Chelated Silver(tm)'s antimicrobal action and persistance (killing power over time). In colloidal suspensions, minute silver particles of elemental silver are suspended or randomly floating in water, typically at a level of 10-50 parts per million. Chelation occurs when a metal ion forms a heterocyclic bond with a bidentate ligand. Examples of bidentate ligands are carbonate and oxalate ions and ethylenediamine. As a general rule, five- or six-member lingands are favored. Chelated Silver(tm) ions are chemically bonded to nonmetallic ions and are evenly dispersed throughout the solution. This concentrated and uniform dispersal of Chelated Silver(tm) ions (typically at a level of 300 to 400 parts per million) throughout the solution considerably enhances their antimicrobial action, persistence and effectiveness. Chelated Silver(tm) is highly effective in blocking the respiration of microorganisms causing them to expire. Additionally, scientific testing is in progress to study the effectiveness of Chelated Silver(tm) in interdicting anaerobic bacteria (bacteria that exists in the absence of oxygen).
