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: : : atul_mulay@hotmail.com : Inbox Compose Addresses Folders Options Help : henna chem. : From: webadmin@www.madsci.org (The MAD Scientist Network) Save Address - Block Sender : Reply-To: webadmin@www.madsci.org : To: atul_mulay@hotmail.com (No name entered.) Save Address : Subject: VRD - henna, what is the science behind it? : Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 18:02:27 -0600 (CST) : Reply Reply All Forward Delete Previous Next Close : : Re: VRD - henna, what is the science behind it? : There are many sights on henna on internet But none of them is supported : >by scientist. : >My intrest is that someone sientist should tell me the science behind : >henna . : >what chemical reaction does takes place while tinting skin or staining : >skin when it is applied on skin?& is it possible to extract the chemical : >which stains skin from henna leaves? : >Thanking you. : Henna, also called Mehndi, is a temporary body decoration that looks like : >a tatoo but isn't. : v : _______________________________________________________________ : Greetings -- : Your question was not submitted to the MAD Scientist Network : for the following reason: : Running a search on MEDLINE may help you with your question : MEDLINE is an online database of all literature pertaining to : topics in medicine and the biological sciences. You can search : for resources and articles via the many WWW interfaces, including: : PUBMED: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/ : ENTREZ: http://www4.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Entrez/basic.html : I put in "henna OR mehndi" into Medline and found several articles, although : many : of them did not have abstracts associated with them. It appears that these : compounds : are somewhat hazardous--causing mild to severe allergic reactions in some cases. : This : may be why no 'scientist' has really endorsed it... : : In addition, many sections of the MadSci Library provides links to : sites discussing topics related to the biomedical sciences: : http://www.madsci.org/libs : Mike Crawford, Admin The MAD Scientist Network : ________________________________________________________________ : The MAD Scientist Network : http://www.madsci.org/ : webadmin@www.madsci.org

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