title: Critical remarks on the theoretical bases of the biological effects of a magnetic field.
abstract: The article gives a critical analysis of the theoretical approach of the authors to the explanation of the biological effects of a magnetic field (MF), enlisting two hypotheses: the diffusely orienting influence of the MF on the association of diamagnetically anisotropic molecules of biopolymers in solutions and the kinetic influence of the MF on the biochemical reactions in which free radicals participate; typographical errors made in two articles, inaccuracies in formulas, and errors in calculations of the potential energy of deformation of the aromatic residue are corrected. The value of the energy of deformation of the anisotropic aromatic residue, equal to  6.4 . 10(-3) cal/mole, is small in comparison with the energy of deformation of the tetrahedral C-C bond angle and cannot be used as the basis for interpretation of the experimental data obtained. New approaches are outlined for the explanation of the possible diamagnetically anisotropic effect of the MF in specifically nonequilibrium, kinetic, and nonthermodynamic processes in which biopolymers participate. The hypotheses advanced to explain the biological effects of the MF cannot yet be considered entirely supported theoretically, and, consequently, they are in need of further theoretical investigation and experimental proof.
mesh_terms: D001704:Biopolymers; D005609:Free Radicals; D007700:Kinetics; D008280:Magnetics; D008660:Metabolism; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D001704:Biopolymers; D005609:Free Radicals