Hi all bee-lovers !
 
 
 
On  Fri, 27 May 1994 00:04:08 BSC     Aldevino Ribeiro da Silva
                                       <ARSILVA%BRFUEM.bitnet> asked :
 
> My questions are about the pellicle that  form  on  solution PROPOLIS
>
> Exemple: I make blend of 5 parts propolis and one part cereal alcohol
> then I have a solution 16.6 %. This solution put in repose 30 days.
> After is filtered by paper filter . When I placed +- 5 drop in water,
> this react and I've a solution whitish now .
> In superfice emerge a pellicle ...
 
 
This thin film *is* almost all the propolis which is quasi-insoluble
in water the whitish = some colloidal particles of propolis which form
an emulsion.
 
Don't forget : propolis is only soluble in organic solvents as
methanol ethanol, DMSO (dimethylsulfoxide), ether, etc.  Only few
components are soluble in common water
 
==>     but it is freely soluble in water,    ** at high pH **
 
It is thus soluble in
 
1.  ammonia, washing soda, and sodium hydroxide (NaOH) solutions,
 
2.  tri-sodium phosphate solutions = okay to remove it from fingers,
clothes, glasses, etc [use the powder directly onto the propolis and
remove the whole stuff with ordinary soap or detergent]
 
3.  dish-washer detergents because their high pH.
 
 
 
> Effects in the digestion, absorption interference  of the other
> nutritious ... vitamine, carbohydrates ?
> It is absorpted ?
> The cloridric acid of the stomach (react, dissolve, consume)
> make decomposition  ?
> Will be possible it to revest the stomach or intestine..
> to prejudice some absorption ????
 
 
I don't know ...
 
but seems it may be emulsified by the digestion elements.  And later :
cells membranes interactions ... membranes incorporation or
phagocytosis : it's a physiologist problem ...
 
Jean-Marie            [log in to unmask]