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STUDIA UNIVERSITATIS BABES-BOLYAI, PHYSICA, SPECIAL ISSUE, 2003
DEUTERIUM - DEPLETED WATER. EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS
Stefanescu Ioan, Titescu Gheorghe, Tamaian Radu
National Institute of Research – Development for
Cryogenics and Isotopic Technologies
1000 Ramnicu Valcea
Deuterium-depleted water represents water that has an isotopic content
smaller than 145 ppm D/(D+H) which is the natural isotopic content of
water. DDW is a non-toxic product. Knowing that deuterium content of
water has a big influence on living organisms, beginning with 1996
NIR-DCIT Rm.Valcea cooperated with Romanian specialized institutes
for biological effect's evaluation of DDW. The investigations lead to the
conclusion that DDW caused a tendency towards the increase of the basal
tone, accompanied by the intensification of the vasoconstrictor effects.
Animals treated with DDW showed an increase of the resistance both to
immune defense reactions. Investigations regarding artificial reproduction
of fish with DDW fecundated solutions confirmed favorable influence in
embryo growth stage and resistance in next growth stages. One can
remark the favorable influence of DDW on biological process at plants in
various ontogenetic stages.
Keywords: stable isotopes, deuterium depletion, production, biological
effects
INTRODUCTION: WATER IN NATURE
In nature we can find water (H2O - hydrogen oxide) in tree states: liquid water,
solid water (ice) and gaseous water (water vapors). Water's proprieties are taken as
standard in order to state fundamental physics proprieties.
No matter in what physic state, water molecule has an angular structure and it is
composed from one oxygen atom and two hydrogen atoms. The distance between
one oxygen atom and one hydrogen atom (O-H) is 0.96 Ǻ and the valence angle H
- O- H is 104.5o.
DEUTERIUM - DEPLETED WATER
Deuterium - depleted water is distilled water, microbiological pure, with an
isotopic deuterium concentration smaller than the concentration of natural water
(145 ppm D/D+H).
Deuterium - depleted water (DDW) is a non-toxic product. It is the result of many
researches developed through years by a research team from Romania, researches
that lead to the realization of a patent for a technique and an installation for DDW
production.
The technique used for DDW production is continuo under vacuum distillation of
natural water through distillation columns equipped with high performance
STEFANESCU IOAN, TITESCU GHEORGHE, TAMAIAN RADU
structured packing. The technology applied and the installation available in
Romania assure the production of deuterium - depleted water with any desired
concentration in the domain 20 -120 ppm D/D+H.
WHY DEUTERIUM - DEPLETED WATER?
A usual question whose answer can be find in the heart of Nature. A team of
explorers found in the high of Tibet a village whose people seems to come from
another time; their health and longevity are significant higher than the average.
This fact amazes and put two questions: how and why?
It was obvious that live in a world without pollution and stress could have such
effects but it was also another important factor: drinking water. The only drinking
water available in region was water from an ancient iceberg. The analyze of this
water showed a deuterium content much smaller than usual.
Further investigations showed that deuterium - depleted water similar to those
found in Tibet can be found also in the polar ice calotte.
WHEN SCIENCE ASKS
Starting from the certitude that heavy water (which is the opposite of deuterium depleted water) has destructive effects on living cells was made the assumption that
DDW could have the opposite effects.
The scientific base was already stated since it is well know that the joints between
deuterium and another atoms are much stronger than the joints of hydrogen. This
fact lead to the slow down or even to the stopping of many biochemical processes
from living cell. It is the reason for which too much deuterium in living cells lead
to the decrease of immunity.
The normal question was if it is important the level of deuterium from nature and
the maintenance of a natural concentration in human body during live. The
simplest way to answer this question was to investigate if the increase and the
decrease of deuterium content have any effect in living cells (in plants, animals,
and humans).
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EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS
The researches made by a Hungarian team showed that living cells could feel the
change of deuterium level and react by changing the biochemical processes.
Further more, the researchers affirms that the decrease of deuterium content could
modify the metabolism of living cell and could stop the development of tumoral
cell and even make the tumor disappear.
In the same time, in Romania were developed researches that lead to the following
conclusions:
deuterium depletion determine the decrease of growing rate of transplanted
tumors;
deuterium depletion increases the vascular reactivity;
deuterium depletion stimulates some uncommon immunity systems;
deuterium depletion increases organism's resistance to lethal, under-lethal
radiation doses;
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deuterium depletion stimulates artificial reproduction of fish;
deuterium depletion stimulates germination, growth, and development of
plants.