An Electrokinetic Interpretation of the Functioning of Biological Systems and its Application to the Study of Mineral Salts Absorption

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An attempt has been made to apply an electrokinetic approach to describe the functioning of biological systems. Using an ohmic expression, it is possible to construct models as effective as those of Michaelis-Menten kinetics to interpret experimental data. While retaining the notions of competitive and non-competitive interactions it replaces the parameters Km and Vm by log (B/[P]) and A/r which have simple biological meanings. In addition, the approach is well adapted to the analysis of problems presented by complex systems working in series or parallel, coupled systems and networks of reactions. By the use of a non-ohmic expression the electrokinetic approach attributes a semi-conductor-like component to catalytic systems in the cell. The approach is consistent with the data of quantum mechanics and it predicts the existence of a third type of interaction, perhaps equivalent to allosteric interactions. Applied to the problem of absorption it leads to an explanation of experimental results without the necessity of invoking the presence of two carrier systems.

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