Effects of static and low-frequency alternating magnetic fields on the ionic electrolytic currents of glutamic acid aqueous solutions.
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.
Alberto
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Dipartimento di Fisica Generate A. Avogadro, University of Torino, Torino, Italy. diego.alberto@to.infn.it
Busso
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Crotti
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Gandini
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Garfagnini
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Giudici
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Gnesi
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Manta
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Piragino
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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*
D004573:Electrolytes; D012996:Solutions; D014867:Water; D018698:Glutamic Acid