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P2‐202: The human body is an organism capable of using H 2 O as an electron source, like vegetables are: An unexpected finding with important therapeutic implications in AD
Author(s) -
SolisHerrera Arturo
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1016/j.jalz.2009.04.515
Subject(s) - oxygen , photosynthesis , melanin , excited state , photochemistry , chemistry , chloroplast , biophysics , molecule , chlorophyll , biochemistry , biology , atomic physics , physics , organic chemistry , gene
Background: Whereas respiration in the mitochondrion reduces oxygen to water, photosynthesis in the chloroplast oxidizes water to oxygen. The former process releases energy, so the latter process requires energy. Both processes occur within melanin. Light absorption is the first step in any photochemical process. When a photon is absorbed, an electron becomes sufficiently energized to be pushed from an inner to an outer orbital. The molecule is shifted from the ground state to an excited state. Since the number of orbital in which an electron may exist is limited and each orbital has a specific energy level, any given atom or molecule can absorb only specific wavelength light. This is always true, except in melanin. Methods: From 1990, we began to study the three main causes of blindness, using digital methods of retinal imaging. For 12 years, 4800 patients were examined and registered, and analized with mathematical models. Results: We found, after twelve years of studying the three main causes of blindness, that melanin is to human eye (and body), what chlorophyll is to vegetables. Both dissociate (oxidize) the water molecule. But chlorophyll, outside of leaf, is permanently inactivated in 20 seconds, and melanin preserves this dissociative function, because the oxygen-mediated destruction is halted by a second great property of melanin: it supports the opposite reaction; the reduction of oxygen into water. The highest oxygen level in human eye is 97 %, and the lowest level is 94 %; same as inside melanin. This concentration is the righteous in order to protect the extremely oxygen-sensitive photoreceptors. Conclusions: When human photosynthesis is enhanced pharmacologically, the redox capability of eukaryotic cell increases four times or more. This is the explanation for the clinical improvement in AD patients (and other age related diseases) when treated with pirrolic analogues.