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Effects of Magnetic Field on Metabolic Action in the Peripheral Tissue

Tatsyuki Kawakubo, Kazue Yamauchi and Takashi Kobayashi

(Received August 6, 1999; accepted for publication August 25, 1999)

The effect of magnetic field on metabolic action in the peripheral tissue was examined in 12 subjects by measuring skin temperature with a thermographic tracer and the binding ratio of oxygen to hemoglobin using an apparatus for detecting concentrations of oxyhemoglobin and deoxyhemoglobin. The skin temperature was found to increase by 0.4–1.2°C after a 5-min exposure to a magnetic field of 0.45 or 1.2 T. The binding ratio of oxygen showed a rapid decrease with application of magnetic field, which indicated the release of oxygen from hemoglobin.

KEYWORDS: hemoglobin, oxygen binding, magnetic field effect, red blood cell, metabolism
URL: http://jjap.ipap.jp/link?JJAP/38/L1201/
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.38.L1201

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