Talk:Sapindus

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[edit] Topics

I agree, it should be merged.Brian1979 16:45, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

I'll go ahead and merge them then. —Keenan Pepper 17:23, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

==Soil Remediation Annotation Can someone provide some references for the claims that soapnuts are used in soil remediation? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.128.109.242 (talk) 00:47, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] First Nations/Native American names

This is an important plant/berry in Pacific Northwest native cultures, mostly Interior Plateau; in the language area I'm from (St'at'imcets) it's called xoosum (pron. HOO-shum) and it's similar in Secwepemc and Nlaka'pamux; just wondering if there should be an ethnobotany and biobotanical section here with the various native names cited; and the recipes for making "Indian ice cream" and the cranberry-cocktail like drink (that's so refreshing, and good for your kidneys, too).Skookum1 23:19, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

If you have verifiable sources, then by all means, be bold and start a new section! —Keenan Pepper 00:14, 12 July 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Effectiveness of Soap Nuts

Hi there, I'm interested in people's experiences using Soap Nuts for laundry... Effectiveness of the different types of Sapindus plants, etc. Toxicity to animals and aquatic life, prevalence of saponin allergy amongst humans. Any takers ? Thx ! Rob TB 17:32, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

We've tried them & liked them; that's just one datapoint though. rewinn 04:27, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

My experience: normal dirt is taken if you wish white shirts take every fifth time an optical enlightener.= ordinary detergent.Bfinfo (talk) 21:15, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Old World / New World

Do you guys think words like 'Old World' and 'New World' should be used anymore? Please change that. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Objecthood (talk • contribs) 22:41, 25 January 2007 (UTC).

Agreed. I changed to Eastern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere, which convey the same information in a more neutral manner. rewinn 04:27, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Contradiction?

Could we get a clarification on how it is both antimicrobial and good for septic systems? Since septic systems depend on microbial health to do their job, asserting both things in the same sentence seems contradictory.

--Stacymckenna (talk) 20:17, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] External Links

I have removed the following links:

I suspect they are using the article for self-promotion. Feel free to re-instate if I am wrong.

B. van der Wee (talk) 00:52, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Effectiveness in sewer

"Soap nuts are antimicrobial and are beneficial for septic systems and greywater." How are they beneficial? Currently this reads like product promotion, and I'd personally be interested in knowing in what way they benefit septic systems and greywater. Preston McConkie (talk • contribs) 02:56, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Production process e.g. chemical synthesis of detergent in an industrial process is saved! And so no waste water, no nutritional fat used for detergent production. Can simply be harvested. My professor called the green plants the chemical synthesizers of nature. They have effective processing!Bfinfo (talk) 21:22, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Translation from the German article

Could someone translate the "Wirkung" section in the German wikipedia article, to English? I don't know how it works with the Wikipedia translate request pages, and wonder if they are only for full articles, so I put the request here instead, hoping someone can translate German.Bib (talk) 18:11, 31 March 2008 (UTC) __________________________________ Effect

Research from journal "Öko-Test"(german) showed in 2003, soapnut give compared with ordinary detergents only mere results, very dependant from the sort oft contamination. Sometimes only the effect of hot water is reached.

A presentation of soapnut at 4th September 2007 in TV "Planet Knowledge"/Germany showed in contradiction that often conventional detergent may be replaced. Clothing becomes clean, softener can be saved.Its noted that the agents of the nut is not completely rinsed out because soapnut usually are added within a textile sachet and remain during the rinsing phase between the washdrum. Refering costs its very low and about 10 Euro-Cent per 4kg textile.

In european youth-research-concurrency 2007 an Exponate was shown, to demonstrate active agents are not completely biologically degradable, maximum 93 %. This was fewer than konventional wasching agents who are 98 % biologically degradable. In the review were no data about duration of test given,[1] what is interesting because a Test from Böhler Analytik GmbH showed 100% degradation but within 22 days (93 % after 6 days). [2]

It may be from interest that waterextract of soapnut seems to be antimycotic against different phytopathogene myces/moulds.

--bfinfoBfinfo (talk) 20:59, 7 May 2008 (UTC) 7-5-2008