I wonder what for the silver was in. Marshall
David Bearrow wrote: > I found the following study to be of interest: > > Alleviation of silver toxicity by selenite in the rat in relation to tissue > glutathione peroxidase > > PA Wagner, WG Hoekstra and HE Ganther > > Dietary Se (0.5 ppm Se supplied as sodium selenite to a casein-based diet > containing 0.02 ppm Se and lacking in vitamin E) prevented the growth > depression observed in rats receiving 76 ppm Ag in the water supply and > markedly improved growth and survival of those given 751 ppm Ag. The Ag > concentration of liver and possibly of kidney was increased by Se. Liver > glutathione peroxidase activities from rats fed 0.5 ppm Se and given 76 and > 751 ppm Ag for 52 days in their water were, respectively, 30% and 4% of > those from control rats fed 0.5 ppmSe without Ag. In rats fed a diet, > adequate in vitamin E (100 IU/kg) and Se (0.5 ppm as sodium selenite), > administration of 751 ppm Ag in the water for 15 wk reduced liver GSH-Px > activity to 5% of that from control rats receiving no Ag. GSH-Px activity > of erythrocytes and kidney was decreased by Ag to 37% and 38%, > respectively, of control values. It is concluded that in vivo > administration of Ag dramatically decreased liver GSH-Px in rats fed > Se-supplemented diets with or without vitamin E. Furthermore, supplemental > Se (0.5 ppm) prevented the growth depression and mortality caused by Ag in > rats fed a diet lacking vitamin E, while increasing the Ag concentration of > liver and kidney. > > Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, Vol 148, > 1106-1110, Copyright © 1975 by Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine > > +----- Bentonite Clay for sale -----+ > http://pages.sbcglobal.net/davebe/clay.html > ¦ David Bearrow ¦ > ¦ [email protected] ¦ > +---- Phone: (972)722-8319 ----+ > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
