Chemical probe confirms that body makes its own rotten egg gas, H2S, to benefit health
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 12:30
in Physics & Chemistry
A new study confirms directly what scientists previously knew only indirectly -- that poisonous "rotten egg" gas hydrogen sulfide is generated by the body's blood vessel cells. Researchers made the confirmation by developing a chemical probe that lights up in reaction to rotten egg gas. The scientists observed the process in real-time through a microscope.