Re: OT--SH groups in collagen and fat tissues?--Andy

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> > > Ok, you chemistry people, I knew mercury was attracted to SH groups,

> > and that's what makes the chelators work (double thiols), but I did

> > not realize that fat and collagen tissues were rich in SH groups.

>

> They are not rich in thiol groups, compared to the rest of the body they are

actually

quite

> poor in thiol groups.

>

> -----------So we can all learn something, which parts of the body are

highest in thiol

(SH) groups? (I assume the brain is one? Organs and glands?)

Brain, liver.

> So mercury wouldn't be very likely to accumulate in fat tissue or collagen?

But the brain

is high in fat, and mercury accumulates there, so is it because of its fat

content, having

thiols, or what?

Partly due to thiols, partly due to the blood-brain barrier retaining it once it

gets in, so it

builds up and up and up and up.

>---------Jackie

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> > > http://www.melisa.org/mercury.php

> > >

> > > (quote is from the paragraph right above the pictures)

> > >

> > > " The pictures demonstrate widespread distribution of mercury in the

> > body of the mice. Organs rich in fat - such as brain and collagen

>

> As in all too much of medicine, ignorance doesn't prevent them from holding

forth.

>

> The brain is high in fat. Collagen is very low in fat (like almost zero).

>

> > are very prone to mercury binding. One of the reasons for this is that

> > mercury is particularly keen to bind to two amino acids; methionine

> > and cysteine. Both amino acids contain sulphur hydrogen (SH)-groups.

>

> Methionine does not contain a sulfhydryl (thiol, SH) group.

>

> This is the boon and the bane of the internet. Every idiot can make a web

page and

most

> do. Because of this the usual forces of political correctness do not edit

out politically

> incorrect information so you can find that tidbit of truth you need, but you

have to

wade

> through a LOT of misinformation to find it.

>

> Andy

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