title: [The action of infrasound oscillations on the properties of water and of a DNA solution].
abstract: The effect of mechanical vibrations (MV) electrical conductivity of water and optical density of aqueous DNA solution. Distilled water was treated with MV of several frequencies from 3 to 5000 Hz with an intensity of 90 dB for 30 minutes. Different sensitivities of water specific electrical conductivity (SEC) were determined (the value of distilled water SEC was 209 +/- 2 microS/m). The greatest decrease of SEC (by 15.7%) under the influence of MV was observed at the frequency of 4 Hz. There was no effect at frequencies higher than 100 Hz. The treatment of DNA water solutions with MV of frequencies 4 and 10 Hz decreased its optical density by 4.2 +/- 1.1 and 4.8 +/- 1.2% correspondingly in comparison with control. In cases of treatment with frequencies of 20 and 50 Hz no effect was observed. The mechanism of MV effect on water can be connected with the changes of system structural characteristics. It is confirmed by experiments with DNA solution, where the decrease of optical density (at 260 nm) under MV treatment is conditioned with the increase of the probability of hydrogen binding formation between the bases.
authors.affiliation: Biophysics Center of Armenian National Academy of Science, Yerevan, Armenia. biophys@ipia.sci.am
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Stepanian
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Aĭrapetian
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Markarian
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Aĭrapetian
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Arakelian
mesh_terms: D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002627:Chemistry, Physical; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D012996:Solutions; D013016:Sound; D013997:Time Factors; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D012996:Solutions; D014867:Water; D004247:DNA