Non-thermal effects of 500MHz – 900MHz microwave radiation on enzyme kinetics

Author

Pirogova, E. ; Vojisavljevic, V. ; Cosic, I.

Author_Institution

School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476V Melbourne Victoria 3001 Australia

fYear

2008

fDate

20-25 Aug. 2008

Firstpage

1052

Lastpage

1055

Abstract

Enzymes are essential for the catalysis of biochemical reactions and in the regulation of metabolic pathways. They function by greatly accelerating the rate of specific chemical reactions that would otherwise be slow. It has been shown that extremely low-power microwaves can influence enzyme activity [1–5]. This study is focused at investigating the effects of low level microwave exposures ranging from 500MHz to 900MHz on L-Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) enzyme activity. The results obtained revealed the increased bioactivity of the LDH upon microwave radiation at two particular frequencies 500MHz and 900MHz.

Keywords

Acceleration; Biochemistry; Electromagnetic heating; Electromagnetic radiation; Frequency; Kinetic theory; Microwave devices; Proteins; Temperature measurement; Water heating; Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; Environmental Exposure; Enzyme Activation; Hot Temperature; Hydro-Lyases; Kinetics; Microwaves; Radiation Dosage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2008. EMBS 2008. 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1814-5

Electronic_ISBN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2008.4649340

Filename

4649340