[CH] the bleach cure
bluezinnia@kyananet.com
Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:02:29 -0400
>Dr. Tom Mabry of the Department of Botany, University of Texas at
Austin, suggested that the >alkaline bleach ionizes the phenolic
hydroxyl group in the active ingredients, all of which are >phenolic
amides (e.g., dihydrocapciacin), making the compounds water soluble; at
the same time, >the ionized phenolic ring in each ccompound would be
readily oxidized by the bleach, thereby >altering the structures and
properties of the compounds
.
I was always taught that bleach works because it saponifies. .
.essentially, turns to soap,
which would account for the slippery feel. . .a thin surface layer of
skin cells, which then
wash off easily, taking the problematical compounds with them. Could
Dr. Mabry be overcomplicating things because he's never made homemade
soap as Solstice presents,
or was my source (a chemist) full of caca?
Keep on rockin',
Rain
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