To: ageing at net.bio.net
From: academy at endeav.org ("Georgi P. Gladyshev")
Subject: Aging, Thermodynamics and Life
Date: 8 May,1998
Subject: Aging, Supramolecular chemistry and thermodynamics of
biological evolution, Thermodynamics of origin of life,
Macrothermodynamics, Supramolecular thermodynamics, Self-assembly of
supramolecular structures, Supramolecules and Assemblies, Adaptation
Dear Colleagues,
My site : http://www.endeav.org/report/index.htm
The information at my URL is:
"Thermodynamics of Aging", Report (AAAS), 1998
SYNOPSIS
The findings of macrothermodynamics (supramolecular thermodynamics) of
quasi-closed systems and the published data about the variation of the
chemical composition of living organisms in ontogeny confirm the
thermodynamic tendency of aging processes. According to the
thermodynamic theory the specific value of the Gibbs function of the
formation of supramolecular structures of the organism tends to a
minimum. That tendency explains the variation of the supramolecular
and chemical composition and the morphology of tissues during aging.
The theory makes it possible to define the principles upon which proper
diets and medications can be devised to slow down aging. Such diets
and medications are also useful in preventative care and in the
treatment of various pathologies and among them those specific for the
old age. The principle of the stability of chemical substance of the
supramolecular structures of tissues makes it possible to understand the
causes of practically unlimited evolution of the biological world from
the position of the Second Law in its classical definition.
Review of the work has been published in Journal of Biological Physics,
Volume 23, issue 2 (June 1997), pp.129-131
See also:
1. G.P.Gladyshev, "Thermodynamic Direction of Biological Evolution:
Model and Reality", Biology
Bulletin, Vol. 23, No. 4, 1996, pp. 315-322. Translated from
Izvestia Akademii Nauk, Seriya
Biologicheskaya, No. 4, 1996, pp. 389-397.
2. G.P.Gladyshev, "Thermodynamic Trends in Biological Evolution",
Biology Bulletin. Vol. 22, No. 1.
1995. pp. 1 - 9. Transated from Izvestiya AN. Seriya
Biologicheskaya. No. 1. 1995. pp. 5 -14. Original
Russian Text Copyright ¿ by Gladyshev.
3. G.P.Gladyshev, "Thermodynamics of Aging", Materials for the
Symposium "Termodynamics and
Information Theory in Biology",1998.
4. G.P.Gladyshev,"Some Medical Aspects of Thermodynamic Theory of
Evolution",Medical Market, 25
(1, 1997), P. 6-7, Popular article
