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Biomedical Diamagnetic Spin and Electric-Qudrupole Interaction Systems

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It seems nature has evolved as an interplay between a great many organic and inorganic compounds. The result is there is a considerable number of elements essential for higher life forms i.e. animals and humans. Many elements are cofactors of rather integrated parts of, enzyme and of proteins involved in electron transfer and oxygen transport. The physiological processes commonly involve an electrolyte solution containing as the major ions Na+, K+, Mg2+, Ca2+, and Cl−. Many important biopolymers like DNA, RNA and ionic mucopolysaccharides and also the aggregates of charged monomers like biological membranes, are highly charged and interact strongly with these ions. in higher organisms. Most of these are also unevenly distributed between intracellular and extra cellular spaces with the concentration gradients maintained through energy consuming active transport. Temporary changes in these ion gradients are used in nature as means of signal transmission.

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Kaila, M.M., Kaila, R. (2013). Biomedical Diamagnetic Spin and Electric-Qudrupole Interaction Systems. In: Molecular Imaging of the Brain. Series in BioEngineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30302-9_10

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