Analysis of Oxy-Powder® and Competitors' Products
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Independent Lab Testing Facility
Atlanta, Georgia
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June 22, 2005
Many products are being marketed as having the ability to generate oxygen in-vivo to provide elevated oxygen levels in the digestive tract for improved health. The source of this oxygen is advertised as mixtures of various forms of magnesium oxides, although the exact compositions are not revealed on the product labels. Several forms of magnesium oxide can be used for these purposes, including magnesium peroxide, magnesium oxide, magnesium hydroxide and the compounds marketed as “ozonated” magnesium oxides.
Samples of these “ozonated” magnesium oxides were made available to determine if their activities were any different from that of the normal oxides so no claims can be made regarding their labeled effectiveness. Seven commercial products were tested for their oxidative ability as measured by iodiometric titrations. Of the commercial products tested only Homozon and lots of Oxy-Powder® showed any activity.
Experimental
No standardized test for these types of products was made available, although many product websites use the term “iodometric test”, which was interpreted by me as using the following analytical protocol. Samples were in either free powder or capsule form. One gram aliquots (sample) of each product was placed in 100 ml of water and stirred until the powders were dispersed. A pH measurement was taken, followed by acidification to pH 1.0 to 2.0 with hydrochloric acid. Five grams of potassium iodide was immediately added and stirred until dissolution was complete.
The products that exhibited oxidative properties generated iodine from the potassium iodide, with the resulting solutions turning dark brown in color. This liberated iodine was titrated against 0.025 M thiosulfate to obtain an “oxygen value” used for comparative purposes. Analyses of products were performed at the initial time dissolution was complete and again for 18 hours in solution. Plots of the data are attached at the end of this report.
Product Performance - Oxygen Output
| ~ Results of Titration Tests ~ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample | Manufacturer | Lot | Type | pH | Initial ppm/g | 18 Hours ppm/g |
| Homozon #7† | Intl. Oxidation Labs | n/a | Powder | 11.4 | 51.4 | 47.6 |
| Oxy-Powder®†† | Global Healing Center | n/a | Capsule | 4.3 | 15.6 | 15.4 |
| Colosan | High Brand | n/a | Powder | 11.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Bioxy Cleanse #5 | Bioquest Imports | n/a | Powder | 11.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Oxy Earth #2 | OxyMune | 5110A | Capsule | 5.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Oxy OXC #4 | Intl. Trading Network | 41230005 | Capsule | 9.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Oxy Bliss #1 | Oxygen Research Institute | n/a | Powder | 11.5 | 0 | 0 |
†Homozon serving size – one half teaspoon (2.0 grams)
††Oxy-Powder® serving size – 5 capsules (4.0 grams)
Oxygen concentrations should not exceed 20 ppm which puts Oxy-Powder® at the safe for human consumption level at 15.6 ppm. Homozon at levels of 51 ppm shows a level extremely high for human consumption. The other products showed no measurable release of Oxygen.
Oxygen Generation (ppm) of Oxy-Powder® and Competitors' Products
Assay at 0 Hour
Discussion
Several products are advertised as generating 60,000 ppm of oxygen, but I have no idea how this value is generated or calculated. It should also be noted that oxygen has a limited solubility in water, approximately 10 ppm at room temperature. This value this would equate to a 6% concentration of hydrogen peroxide which would be extremely irritating to the digestive tract.
For this study I have used a conversion factor of 1 ppm of oxygen being equal to 1 ml of thiosulfate tartan.1
This value was obtained from the “Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, 17th edition; Method 4500.The Homozon product clearly generated the most “oxygen”. It was noticed that this product generated a clear solution upon acidification leading me to believe that magnesium oxide and magnesium hydroxide were not present. If magnesium oxides had been present, i.e. oxide or hydroxide, a clear solution would not be obtained. The solution was stable over the 18-hour test period with no appreciable amount of degradation.
Note: At the concentration observed this would be irritating and possibly damaging to the body and the intestinal system in particular.
Oxygen Generation (ppm) of Oxy-Powder® and Competitors' Products
Assay at 18 Hours
Oxy-Powder® generated similar amounts of “oxygen”. Two of the lots had a pH of around 4, indicating that they did indeed contain amounts of the citric acid indicated on their labels. The sample solutions were cloudy, indicating the presence of magnesium oxide or hydroxide. The Oxy-Powder® sample appeared to retain the oxygen activity over the 18-hour test period in a safe level. Neither magnesium oxide nor hydroxide will oxidize iodide to iodine. So, many of the products that failed to generate any results can be expected to not possess either of these compounds.
This analytical protocol can be used for additional work to determine the oxidative properties of various raw materials and formulations. The ability of Organic Germanium (as Bis-carboxyethyl sesquioxide) to generate a response has yet to be determined. We have a sample of this material available if further testing is required.
1Note: Earlier Raw Numbers used a higher conversion factor which was incorrect. PB
