Re: [CH] the bleach cure
=Mark (mstevens@exit109.com)
Thu, 2 Oct 2008 17:27:33 -0400
Finally! A scientifically explained cure for the burn. Now when asked by
folks needing to cool the pain after eating chiles, I can confidently tell
them to rinse their mouth out with bleach!
On Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:02:29 -0400, bluezinnia wrote
> >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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=Mark
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