Re: [CH] the bleach cure
Ted Wagner (trwagner1@yahoo.com)
Thu, 2 Oct 2008 07:14:17 -0700 (PDT)
Oh the wheels are a turning.
Soap.... soap laden with chiles .... hmmmmm
Adds a whole 'nother mean to getting soap in yer eyes!
Ted
----- Original Message ----
> From: Rich Stevens <rstevens15@verizon.net>
> To: chile-heads@globalgarden.com
> Sent: Thursday, October 2, 2008 9:48:19 AM
> Subject: RE: [CH] the bleach cure
>
> Bleach is acidic, not alkaline. It is alkalis like sodium or potassium
> hydroxide that cause saponification. Getting a strong alkali like oven or
> drain cleaner on your hands turns the oils and fats in your skin to soap, so
> it feels slippery.
>
> Rich Stevens http://mysite.verizon.net/rstevens15
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-chile-heads@globalgarden.com
> [mailto:owner-chile-heads@globalgarden.com] On Behalf Of
> bluezinnia@kyananet.com
> Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 1:02 AM
> To: chile-heads@globalgarden.com
> Subject: [CH] the bleach cure
>
> >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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