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Hydrolysis of Adenosine Triphosphate by Conventional or Microwave Heating

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

Edwin G. E. Jahngen ,
Ronald R. Lentz ,
Peter S. Pesheck  and
Patricia Holt Sackett
Edwin G. E. Jahngen
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, University of Lowell, Lowell, MA 01854
Ronald R. Lentz
Affiliation:
The Pillsbury Company, Research and Development Laboratories, 311 2nd St., S.E., Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414
Peter S. Pesheck
Affiliation:
The Pillsbury Company, Research and Development Laboratories, 311 2nd St., S.E., Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414
Patricia Holt Sackett
Affiliation:
The Pillsbury Company, Research and Development Laboratories, 311 2nd St., S.E., Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414
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Abstract

The hydrolysis rate of adenosine-5'-triphosphate (ATP) has been reported to be 25 times greater during microwave heating than during conventional heating at comparable temperatures (100 to 105 °C). This remarkable rate increase was both attributed to and cited as evidence for a nonthermal microwave effect. Attempts to replicate those findings under carefully controlled microwave exposure conditions and with special attention being paid to accurate temperature measurements lead to the conclusion that the hydrolysis rate is related solely to temperature.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 189: Symposium L – Microwave Processing of Materials II , 1990 , 469
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1991

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