Re: Oil from turkey offal

From: Robert J. Bradbury (bradbury@aeiveos.com)
Date: Wed Apr 23 2003 - 10:46:04 MDT

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    On Tue, 22 Apr 2003, spike66 wrote:

    >
    > Ja. We are oil.
    >
    > > ...DNA is much more difficult.

    Spike, you are forgetting the proteins -- proteins
    are have a backbone that is -H2N-C(HR)-C(OO)-
    I don't easily see how you can break down the
    proteins and get rid of the N's and O's and be
    left with something that only has H's and C's
    (e.g. hydrocarbons).

    This is backed up by the human body composition (% dry weight):
    C 61.7%
    N 11%
    O 9.3%
    H 5.7%
    Ca 5%
    P 3.3%
    K 1.3%
    S 1.0%
    Cl 0.7%
    Na 0.7%
    Mg 0.3%

    Everything else is a trace element.

    Its also true that the content of many cellular membranes may
    contain up to 50% protein. So the combination of membrane
    protiens and intracellular proteins is quite a significant
    fraction.

    I can see them getting rid of the water but the extra N & O
    especially seem a bit difficult to me.

    Robert

    Data above calculated from Frieden, E., Sci. Am. 227(1):54-55 (1972).

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