title: Effects of static and low-frequency alternating magnetic fields on the ionic electrolytic currents of glutamic acid aqueous solutions.
abstract: A current peak has been observed and measured in ionic electrolytic current of a glutamic acid aqueous solution, placed in a static magnetic field of flux density of 40 microT, with a superimposed low-frequency alternating magnetic field of flux density of 40 nT. The peak occurs at the frequency of the cyclotronic resonance of the molecular mass of a single charged glutamic acid ion, placed in a magnetic flux density equal to that of the static field. The amplitude of the current peak is about 30% of the background electrolytic current. Qualitative considerations and a listing of unsolved problems related to the phenomenology are given. The result is the first contribution to the study we have undertaken on the effects of low-frequency alternating electromagnetic fields on the ionic current of amino acid aqueous solutions which are the basic structural units of the proteins.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Fisica Generate A. Avogadro, University of Torino, Torino, Italy. diego.alberto@to.infn.it
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Alberto
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Busso
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Crotti
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gandini
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Garfagnini
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Giudici
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gnesi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Manta
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Piragino
mesh_terms: D004573:Electrolytes / Q000737:chemistry*; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields; D018698:Glutamic Acid / Q000737:chemistry*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D012996:Solutions; D013997:Time Factors; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D004573:Electrolytes; D012996:Solutions; D014867:Water; D018698:Glutamic Acid