The effect of a constant magnetic field on components of protein structures in human blood

• Published in: Biophysics (Oxford) Vol. 62; no. 5; pp. 821 - 828
• Main Authors: Kazin, V. N., Guzov, E. A., Pliss, E. M., Moshareva, V. A., Makaryin, V. V., Levshin, N. Yu, Baranov, A. A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Moscow Pleiades Publishing 01-09-2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Biological and Medical Physics; Biophysics; Biophysics of Complex Systems; Blood; Magnetic fields; Metabolites; Oxidation; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Proteins; Spectroscopy; electron spectroscopy; magnetic field; electrophoresis; protein spatial structure; blood components; platelet aggregation
• ISSN: 0006-3509; 1555-6654
• DOI: 10.1134/S0006350917050104

A study on the effects of a constant magnetic field on the components of the protein structures in human blood was conducted by the methods of electron spectroscopy, optic aggregometry, and electrophoresis on an agarose gel. It was found that protein structures of different localizations experience the primary effect of a constant magnetic field. As a result, the total charge, form, and linear dimensions of the molecules change, as well as the rotation frequency of the components around valence bonds; this leads to changes in the spatial structures of the blood protein components. It was suggested as a working hypothesis that an increase in the intensity of oxidation processes under the effect of a magnetic field and, consequently, an increase in the negative activities of oxygen metabolites underlie these changes.