Action of combined magnetic fields on aqueous solution of glutamic acid: the further development of investigations

Livio Giuliani¹ , Settimio Grimaldi² , Antonella Lisi² , Enrico D'Emilia¹ , Natalia Bobkova³ and Mikhail Zhadin³

¹Institute of for Prevention and Labor Safety (ISPESL), Rome, Italy

²Institute of Neurobiology and Molecular Medicine, CNR, Rome, Italy

³Institute of Cell Biophysics, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia

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BioMagnetic Research and Technology 2008, 6:1doi:10.1186/1477-044X-6-1


Published:	25 January 2008

Abstract

In the present work the results of the known investigation of the influence of combined static (40 μT) and alternating (amplitude of 40 nT) parallel magnetic fields on the current through the aqueous solution of glutamic acid, were successfully replicated. Fourteen experiments were carried out by the application of the combined magnetic fields to the solution placed into a Plexiglas reaction vessel at application of static voltage to golden electrodes placed into the solution. Six experiments were carried out by the application of the combined magnetic fields to the solution placed in a Plexiglas reaction vessel, without electrodes, within an electric field, generated by means of a capacitor at the voltage of 27 mV. The frequency of the alternating field was scanned within the bounds of 1.0 Hz including the cyclotron frequency corresponding to a glutamic acid ion and to the applied static magnetic field. In this study the prominent peaks with half-width of ~0.5 Hz and with different heights (till 80 nA) were registered at the alternating magnetic field frequency equal to the cyclotron frequency (4.2 Hz). The general reproducibility of the investigated effects was 70% among the all solutions studied by us and they arose usually after 40–60 min. after preparation of the solution. In some made-up solutions the appearance of instability in the registered current was noted in 30–45 min after the solution preparation. This instability endured for 20–40 min. At the end of such instability period the effects of combined fields action appeared practically every time. The possible mechanisms of revealed effects were discussed on the basis of modern quantum electrodynamics.