Functioning mechanisms of water biosensors of electromagnetic radiation.

The effect of microwaves on liquid water was investigated by using biosensors and physiochemical techniques, such as nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and spectrophotometry. The results obtained provided evidence for a nonthermal effect of microwaves on liquid water.

[The main principles in the combined action of metals and their significance for hygiene].

Features of metal's co-action according to the results of toxico inetic studies concerning the binary elemental combinations infused into the body are discussed. The investigations revealed that the stoichiometric laws of metals' co-action depended on the way the metals were infused by and the scheme of their combined action, on their qualitative and quantitative composition. The quantitative changes in the metabolism of metals during their co-action were found the most important.

Toxicokinetics of cobalt and the problems of biological monitoring.

Toxicokinetics of cobalt was studied on rats by the method of radioactive isotopes using single or repeated administrations. Co was used in the form of sulphate in doses of 0.1 and 0.

[Mechanisms of toxico-kinetic interactions of metals in the body and their health-related significance].

From the point of view of modern bio-coordination chemistry the study of metal toxicokinetics showed that changes in metal metabolism within biological media under their combined body intake were closely related to their competition for biologic ligands. Formation of readily and hardly soluble metal complexes, governing their behavior in biologic media, depended not only on ion charge, range, and hydratation energy but also on rigidity and softness of interacting compounds. The constant of each element was also significant in metal competition for bio-ligand capture.

Industrial toxicology of metals of the platinum group.

Metals of the platinum group have found important application in technology and industry. Compounds of these metals display a broad spectrum of toxic effects on the organism. In persons dealing with them in the production, they induce allergic occupational diseases of the respiratory passages, dermatoses, affections of the eyes.