Electrokinetic and Biochemical Changes in Erythrocytes under the Action of Terahertz Range Electromagnetic Waves

Abstract

The effects of electromagnetic radiation of a gyrotron with an operating frequency of 263 GHz on rat erythrocyte electrophoretic mobility, malonic dialdehyde, ATP, and 2,3-diphosphoglycerate concentration have been studied in vitro. The blood was irradiated under continuous and pulsed gyrotron emission modes with the estimated incident energy flux on an object from 0.1 to 20 mW/cm². It has been established that the studied erythrocyte characteristics changed in different directions depending on the mode and the incident energy flux: the erythrocyte electrophoretic mobility rate and ATP concentration decreased, while the malonic dialdehyde and 2,3-diphosphoglycerate concentration increased at a low incident energy flux and continuous exposure mode; all studied parameters increased under the pulsed exposure mode. An incident energy flux increase caused a reduction of these effects.