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Irradiation induced rate enhancements for the LDH‐pyruvate reaction
Author(s) -
Bass George E.,
Chenevey James E.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
international journal of quantum chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.484
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1097-461X
pISSN - 0020-7608
DOI - 10.1002/qua.560100725
Subject(s) - irradiation , sodium pyruvate , chemistry , substrate (aquarium) , reaction rate , sodium , biochemistry , physics , organic chemistry , catalysis , biology , nuclear physics , ecology
Evidence is presented supporting Comorosan's finding that, the rate of an enzymatic reaction can be enhanced by prior irradiation of the substrate in the crystalline state. Perturbation of the LDH‐pyruvate reaction has been investigated, including a series of experiments conducted under blind conditions. Sodium pyruvate samples irradiated for t * = 5 + 30 n sec, n = 0, 1, 2, 3,… 33, yielded faster reaction rates than samples irradiated zero, t * ± 1, and t * ± 5 sec. These findings diverge from those of Comorosan only in that instead of the maximum value of n being 5, no upper limit was found.