The state of water in biological systems as studied by proton and deuterium relaxation.

Careful experiments on the measurement of the intensity of the deuterium NMR signal for 2-H2 O in muscle and in its distillate were performed, and they showed that all 2-H2 O muscle is "NMR visible". The spin-lattice relaxation time (T1) of the water protons in the muscle and liver of mice and in egg white has been studied at six frequencies ranging from 4.5 to 6.0 MHz over the temperature range of +37 to --70 degrees C. T1 values of deuterons in 2H2 O of gastrocnemius muscle and liver of mice have been measured at three frequencies (4.5, 9.21 and 15.35 MHz) over the temperature range of +37 to --20 degrees C. Calculations on T1 for both proton and deuteron have been made and compared with the experimental data. It is suggested that the reduction of the T1 values compared to pure water and the frequency dependence of T1 are due to water molecules in the hydration layer of the macromolecules, and that the bulk of water molecules in the biological tissues and egg white undergoes relaxation like ordinary liquid water.

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