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Interaction of EHF radiation with biomolecular systems

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Data on the absorption of EHF electromagnetic energy by aqueous solutions are summarized. Experimental tests for positive (hydrophilic and hydrophobic) and negative (hydrophilic) hydration are formulated. The applicability of the proposed approach to the study of the hydration of high-molecular-weight systems, including aqueous solutions of proteins, is demonstrated. A model is proposed that explains the interaction of EHF radiation with real biological systems, including under conditions of EHF therapy. The experimental data on the absorption of EHF radiation by aqueous solutions of organic and inorganic electrolytes and nonelectrolytes as well as globular proteins are used to construct a model that explains certain details of EHF therapy. The fraction of mobile water molecules in the skin is considered the primary molecular target for EHF radiation; they are capable of transporting the EHF energy to primary physiological targets of the protein type.

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Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics, Russian Academy of Sciences. Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 37, No. 1, pp. 42–55, January, 1994.

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Khurgin, Y.I., Kudryashova, V.A. & Zavizion, V.A. Interaction of EHF radiation with biomolecular systems. Radiophys Quantum Electron 37, 23–31 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01039298

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