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Silver in bioavailable form has a strong antimicrobial activity.

Worldwide, silver is not just regarded as a metal capable of destroying micro-organisms, but as a microelement that is an essential and permanent component of any animal or plant organisms tissues.

Silver ions take part in metabolic processes in the body. Depending on their concentration, silver cations can both stimulate and inhibit the activity of a number of enzymes. Silver doubles the intensity of oxidative phosphorylation in brain mitochondria and increases nucleic acid content that improves brain function.

Silver has an immunocorrective effect. According to A. I. Voynar, an average daily human diet should contain 88 micrograms of silver ions.

It has been established that in organisms of animals and humans the content of silver is 20 micrograms per 100 g of dry matter. The brain, endocrine glands, liver, kidneys and skeletal bones are the most rich in silver.

Silver ions are toxic, especially to lower organisms, so silver is used as an antiseptic. As far back as the Phoenician sailors used silver containers to store drinking water for long periods of time. Metallic silver is weakly soluble in water (up to 5 parts per billion), but this is enough to kill bacteria such as E. coli and B. typhosus. According to the World Health Organisation, the ability to kill certain bacteria is guaranteed at concentrations of silver ions above 150 µg/l. At lower concentrations, they only inhibit bacterial reproduction.