Relationship between the major parameters of warm-blooded organisms' life activity and the properties of aqueous salt solutions

Anatoliy I. Fisenko; Oleksii V. Khorolskyi; Nikolay P. Malomuzh; Artur A. Guslisty; Anatoliy I. Fisenko; Oleksii V. Khorolskyi; Nikolay P. Malomuzh; Artur A. Guslisty

doi:10.3934/biophy.2023022

AIMS Biophysics

2023, Volume 10, Issue 3: 372-384. doi: 10.3934/biophy.2023022

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Relationship between the major parameters of warm-blooded organisms' life activity and the properties of aqueous salt solutions

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Oncfec, Inc., 625 Evans Avenue, Suite 1108, Toronto, ON, M8W 2W5, Canada
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Department of General Physics and Mathematics, Poltava V.G. Korolenko National Pedagogical University, 2 Ostrogradskogo str., Poltava 36003, Ukraine
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Department of General Physics and Astronomy, Odesa I.I. Mechnikov National University, 2 Dvoryanskaya str., Odesa 65026, Ukraine
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Family medicine center “Amedika”, LLC, 103B Semena Palia str., Odesa 65123, Ukraine

Received: 10 April 2023 Revised: 29 August 2023 Accepted: 05 September 2023 Published: 21 September 2023

We are devoted to the physical analysis of the habitat area of warm-blooded organisms – humans and many mammals. For this purpose, the establishment of equilibrium distribution of carbon dioxide in aqueous solutions of salts in contact with atmospheric air starting from some time is investigated. More precisely, the relaxation time of carbon dioxide, as a function of temperature and pH, is investigated. It is found that the pH-relaxation time τ_S is a very nontrivial function of temperature, pH values, and NaCl salt concentration. It was assumed that the minimum value of pH relaxation time corresponds to the optimal rate of physical processes in living matter. Using this selection principle and our experimental data, we have shown that the optimal temperature for human and mammalian life activity is close to T_o ≈ 37 °C. The lower and upper temperature limits for their possible activity are close to T_l ≈ 30 °C and T_u ≈ 42 °C, respectively. The optimal value of pH_o, determined by the same selection principle, also becomes true if supplemented by the influence of albumin and other proteins.
- aqueous solutions,
- sodium chloride,
- carbon dioxide,
- pH,
- relaxation time,
- characteristic temperatures
Citation: Anatoliy I. Fisenko, Oleksii V. Khorolskyi, Nikolay P. Malomuzh, Artur A. Guslisty. Relationship between the major parameters of warm-blooded organisms' life activity and the properties of aqueous salt solutions[J]. AIMS Biophysics, 2023, 10(3): 372-384. doi: 10.3934/biophy.2023022

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Abstract

We are devoted to the physical analysis of the habitat area of warm-blooded organisms – humans and many mammals. For this purpose, the establishment of equilibrium distribution of carbon dioxide in aqueous solutions of salts in contact with atmospheric air starting from some time is investigated. More precisely, the relaxation time of carbon dioxide, as a function of temperature and pH, is investigated. It is found that the pH-relaxation time τ_S is a very nontrivial function of temperature, pH values, and NaCl salt concentration. It was assumed that the minimum value of pH relaxation time corresponds to the optimal rate of physical processes in living matter. Using this selection principle and our experimental data, we have shown that the optimal temperature for human and mammalian life activity is close to T_o ≈ 37 °C. The lower and upper temperature limits for their possible activity are close to T_l ≈ 30 °C and T_u ≈ 42 °C, respectively. The optimal value of pH_o, determined by the same selection principle, also becomes true if supplemented by the influence of albumin and other proteins.

Conflict of interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Author contributions

All authors contributed to the study's conception and design. AIF, OVK, NPM and AAG carried out the investigations and analyzed the outcomes. OVK prepared samples and conducted the experiments. AIF, OVK, NPM and AAG wrote the manuscript. AIF, OVK, NPM and AAG corrected and edited the manuscript. All authors revised and accepted the final version of the manuscript.

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